Water restrictions in Atlantic County, NJ — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Atlantic County runs no water utility. Outdoor watering limits come from the state: under the Water Supply Management Act, N.J.S.A. 58:1A-4, the Governor may proclaim a water emergency and the DEP commissioner can restrict nonessential use such as lawn irrigation.
No county-wide water system serves Atlantic County; supply comes from the Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority, New Jersey American Water, other municipal utilities, and private wells drawing on the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer beneath the Pinelands. The binding drought authority is state law. Under N.J.S.A. 58:1A-4, once the commissioner finds a water-supply shortage endangering public health, the Governor proclaims a state of water emergency and NJDEP may order specified users to reduce or cease water use, including lawn and garden watering. NJDEP also issues drought watches and warnings that trigger voluntary or mandatory conservation. Between emergencies, individual water suppliers and towns may impose their own odd-even or day-of-week sprinkling schedules.
Watering in violation of a declared water-emergency order under N.J.S.A. 58:1A-4 draws state enforcement, and the commissioner may direct a surcharge penalty on the water. Breaking a local supplier's sprinkling schedule brings fines set by that utility or town.
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