Water restrictions in Davie, FL — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Davie follows the regional two-day-per-week year-round landscape irrigation restrictions set by the South Florida Water Management District and Broward County. Odd addresses water Wednesday and Saturday; even addresses Thursday and Sunday. No irrigation is allowed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The rule sits in Town Code Chapter 25-32.
Water restrictions in Davie are set regionally, not invented by the town. Davie follows the all-year, two-day-a-week landscape irrigation restrictions imposed by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department, and incorporates them in Town Code Chapter 25-32 (Water Conservation). The schedule is address-based: odd-numbered addresses (ending 1, 3, 5, 7, 9) may irrigate Wednesdays and Saturdays, and even-numbered addresses (ending 0, 2, 4, 6, 8) may irrigate Thursdays and Sundays. Davie's published hours allow irrigation between 12:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and/or between 4:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. - meaning no landscape irrigation during the prohibited midday window of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The underlying SFWMD authority is the Year-Round Landscape Irrigation Rule, Chapter 40E-24, Florida Administrative Code, which applies to all landscape irrigation from any source, including public utility water, private wells and surface-water connections. SFWMD's rule recognizes exemptions used statewide, such as hand watering with a self-cancelling nozzle, reclaimed water, new-landscape establishment, and irrigation-system testing and repair. Davie also operates a broader water conservation program (reclaimed water, rebates, NatureScape) in partnership with Broward County.
Irrigating on the wrong day, during the prohibited 10 a.m.-4 p.m. window, or otherwise outside the SFWMD/Broward County schedule violates the restrictions adopted in Town Code Chapter 25-32 and is enforceable by the town. Confirm current rules with SFWMD or Broward County.
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