Water restrictions in Berks County, PA — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Berks County sets no routine watering schedule. Statewide, when the Governor declares a drought emergency, 4 Pa. Code §119.4 bans nonessential outdoor water use — including watering grass and washing paved surfaces. Your water utility may add its own limits.
Everyday lawn-watering is unrestricted in Berks County outside of drought. Pennsylvania's DEP declares drought watch (voluntary 5% cut), drought warning (voluntary 10–15% cut), and — with the Governor — drought emergency, which triggers mandatory statewide prohibitions on nonessential water uses under 4 Pa. Code Chapter 119. Those prohibitions include watering grass, irrigating landscaped areas, washing paved surfaces, filling pools, and washing mobile equipment. Local water suppliers (Reading Area Water Authority and others) may impose their own conservation rules and odd/even watering during shortages. Check DEP's drought status and your water utility before restricting or expanding outdoor use.
During a declared drought emergency, violating 4 Pa. Code Ch. 119 nonessential-use bans can bring summary-offense fines; local utilities may add penalties or service limits.
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