Water restrictions in Bell County, TX — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Texas has no statewide homeowner watering ban. Bell County itself sets no lawn-watering rule. Limits come from your city's drought plan or the Clearwater groundwater district. Killeen's Stage 1 allows two days a week by even/odd address.
There is no permanent statewide watering schedule in Texas; outdoor-watering limits kick in only when a city or water district declares a drought stage. Bell County has no county watering ordinance. Killeen's adopted Drought Contingency and Water Conservation Plan sets, under Stage 1, watering on Sundays and Thursdays for even-numbered addresses and Saturdays and Wednesdays for odd addresses, only between midnight-10 a.m. and 8 p.m.-midnight; tighter stages cut to one day or ban irrigation. The Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District manages groundwater for wells across Bell County and imposes its own drought-stage measures. Temple, Belton, and Harker Heights run parallel drought plans.
City drought-stage violations bring warnings then fines under the municipal drought ordinance; well users answer to Clearwater UWCD rules.
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