Water restrictions in Apple Valley, CA — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Most Apple Valley homes are served by Liberty Utilities (Apple Valley Ranchos Water). Its Water Shortage Contingency Plan is in Stage 1 ("Water Alert"), where conservation is voluntary and outdoor irrigation is recommended at no more than three days a week on an even/odd address schedule. California's statewide permanent water-waste prohibitions (SWRCB) also apply.
Water service in the Town of Apple Valley is provided primarily by Liberty Utilities (Apple Valley Ranchos Water) Corp., a CPUC-regulated private utility, not by the Town itself; restrictions therefore come from the utility's tariff and from state law rather than a Town ordinance. Liberty's Water Shortage Contingency Plan (Schedule 14.1) has standard shortage levels from 10 percent up to greater than 50 percent. As of the current declaration, the utility is at Stage 1, a "Water Alert" in which conservation is voluntary and "outdoor irrigation is recommended not to exceed three days a week." Liberty publishes a suggested schedule: addresses ending in even numbers (0, 2, 4, 6, 8) water Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday; addresses ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) water Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. The recommendation does not apply to landscape zones that exclusively use drip irrigation. Stage 1 took effect August 1, 2023. On top of utility rules, the State Water Resources Control Board's permanent water-conservation regulations (effective January 1, 2025) prohibit specific water waste statewide, such as hosing down sidewalks and driveways except for health/safety and washing a vehicle with a hose lacking a shutoff nozzle.
Stage 1 measures are voluntary, so there is no penalty for exceeding the suggested three-day schedule yet; deeper shortage stages convert these into mandatory limits with utility enforcement. The SWRCB's statewide water-waste prohibitions are enforceable regardless of stage.
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