Georgetown, TX Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
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.
Key Facts
- Watering ban day
- Monday, year-round, all stages
- Baseline watering days
- 2 days/week by address digit
- Stage 3 rule
- No outdoor irrigation at all
- Reclaimed water
- Exempt from drought restrictions
- Max administrative penalty
- $1,000 per day per violation
Summary
Georgetown bans all landscape watering on Mondays year-round and assigns every other property a two-day watering schedule by street address, with the allowed hours shrinking further once the City Manager declares a drought stage.
No landscape watering is permitted on Mondays. Unless otherwise provided in Subsection 13.15.040(C) (Exceptions to Landscape Watering Schedule) or Chapter 13.16 (Drought Contingency Plan Regulations) or as authorized in a variance, watering of landscaped areas is only allowed on the days and during the times set forth in Table 13.15.040-1... Last digit of property street address 1, 5, 9 Allowed watering day(s) Tuesday and Friday Allowed watering hours Midnight to 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM - Midnight
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 32 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 15).
Full Breakdown
Sec. to midnight. Hand-held hoses, commercial nurseries, and brief testing after irrigation repairs are exempt from the schedule under Sec. C. 16, the schedule tightens automatically. Stage 1 (Sec. m. Stage 2 (Sec. to midnight. Stage 3 (Sec. 060) bans outdoor irrigation entirely, plus installing new sod, charity car washes, and filling hot tubs. Reclaimed water use is exempt from all drought-stage restrictions under Sec. 2. Variance applications for a different watering day go through the Director's office online at the City's records portal per Sec. D.
Violations & Fines
A first notice of violation for wrong-day or wrong-time watering, or an unrepaired irrigation system, can be resolved within ten days by resetting the controller or documenting a repair without a hearing, per Sec. 13.15.160.B.2; missing that window escalates to the maximum fines under Chapter 1.15's Administrative Hearings process, and Sec. 1.15.017.C sets water-conservation penalties up to $1,000 per day per violation, with $500 minimum for a first violation, $750 for a second, and $1,000 for a third or later violation, each day counted separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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