Water restrictions in Dakota County, MN — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Dakota County does not set watering restrictions. Your city or water utility does, typically odd/even address-day sprinkling and no midday watering during summer. The county promotes voluntary conservation.
Watering restrictions are set by the city or public water utility that serves your address, not by Dakota County. Most Dakota County cities use an odd/even schedule: even-numbered addresses water on even calendar days and odd addresses on odd days, usually with a ban on midday hours (for example, Burnsville prohibits 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. watering). Dakota County runs a groundwater conservation program (Water-Wise) and encourages early-morning or late-evening watering to cut evaporation, but the enforceable rules and fines come from your municipal water provider.
Cities enforce sprinkling bans through their water utility; violations bring warnings, fines, or utility-billing surcharges under the city's water-conservation ordinance.
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