Water restrictions in Georgetown, TX — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Georgetown Water Utility customers follow year-round watering rules. Irrigation systems run only on assigned days (by address last digit), never Monday, and never between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Hand watering is allowed any day. Restrictions apply to commercial customers too.
Georgetown runs its own water utility, and outdoor watering is restricted year-round under the utility's conservation rules and Drought Contingency Plan. Customers are currently under Drought Stage 1, which limits irrigation systems to two assigned days per week based on the last digit of the street address: addresses ending in 1, 5, or 9 water Tuesday or Friday; 2, 4, 6, or 8 water Wednesday or Saturday; and 0, 3, or 7 water Thursday or Sunday. Mondays are no-watering days for irrigation systems across all addresses. Time-of-day limits apply every day: watering with an irrigation system is not permitted between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., leaving permitted windows of midnight to 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight. Hand-held hose or bucket watering can be done any day and at any time, including for trees, food gardens, and other plants. Drip irrigation is treated as low-output and may run within the standard time frame on assigned days. The utility stresses that no one is exempted, and restrictions apply to commercial customers as well as residential. As drought conditions worsen, higher stages (Stage 2 and beyond) tighten the schedule further. Texas requires utilities of this size to adopt and update Drought Contingency Plans under Texas Water Code Chapter 11 and TCEQ rules (30 TAC Chapter 288).
Watering on the wrong day, on a Monday, or during the 9 a.m.-7 p.m. prohibited window violates the utility's restrictions and can lead to enforcement and penalties; no customers, including commercial accounts, are exempt. Drought stage triggers can shift schedules, so customers should confirm the current stage with the utility.
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