Water restrictions in Snohomish County, WA — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Snohomish County government sets no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Outdoor water use is governed by your local water/utility purveyor (for example the Alderwood, Cross Valley, or PUD-served districts and cities), which may impose voluntary or mandatory restrictions during drought.
There is no Snohomish County Code section imposing odd/even or day-of-week irrigation limits on residents. Water supply in the unincorporated county is delivered by numerous independent purveyors, water districts, and cities, and any conservation stage or watering-day restriction is set and enforced by that purveyor under its own regulations and state drought declarations (Washington Department of Ecology). Snohomish County's own Title 7 water chapters (SCC 7.52 Water Supply, 7.53 Water Pollution Control) address supply and pollution control, not household irrigation schedules. To find the rules that apply to you, identify your water bill provider and check its current conservation status; during a statewide drought emergency, mandatory limits may apply regardless of county code.
Enforcement, if any, is by your water utility under its service rules (surcharges or service actions during mandatory conservation), not by Snohomish County.
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