Water restrictions in Galveston County, TX — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Watering rules come from your city or water district, not the county. Under Galveston's Stage 1 drought plan, irrigation is limited to two designated days a week (by address relative to 103rd Street) and only before 10 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
Galveston County does not run a countywide lawn-watering ordinance; outdoor watering is set by each city utility or municipal utility district under a state-required Drought Contingency Plan. The City of Galveston, in Stage 1 conditions, asks customers to cut use 10 percent and limit potable-water landscape irrigation to Tuesdays and Saturdays east of 103rd Street and Wednesdays and Sundays west of 103rd Street, watering only before 10 a.m. or after 8 p.m. Higher drought stages tighten these limits. League City, Texas City, and each MUD publish their own schedules, so check the utility that bills you.
Restrictions escalate from voluntary (Stage 1) to mandatory in higher stages, when a utility may fine repeat over-watering or install flow restrictors. Penalties are set by the city/district, not the county.
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