Water restrictions in Plymouth County, MA — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Plymouth County runs no water system. Outdoor watering limits come from each town or district's Water Management Act permit under MGL c.21G, which conditions large withdrawals and triggers nonessential-use bans during declared drought.
There is no county water utility in Plymouth County; supply comes from municipal systems and districts drawing on the Plymouth-Carver sole-source aquifer and local wells. Massachusetts General Laws chapter 21G, the Water Management Act, requires a state permit for any supplier withdrawing above the threshold volume, and those permits carry conditions that cap outdoor irrigation and impose mandatory nonessential-use restrictions when the state declares a drought for the Southeast region. Towns such as Plymouth, Wareham, Duxbury, and Kingston translate their permit conditions into day-of-week and time-of-day watering schedules, tightening to hand-held hoses or full bans as conditions worsen. The schedule binding an address is set by its water supplier under the state permit.
Watering outside your supplier's permit-driven schedule draws warnings and escalating fines under the local water regulations, and can lead to flow restriction. Withdrawing above the permitted volume violates MGL c.21G and is enforced by the state.
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