Water restrictions in Hernando County, FL — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Hernando County sits in the Southwest Florida Water Management District (Swiftmud) and enforces a strict one-day-per-week irrigation schedule year-round, assigned by address. Florida Statute 373.62 requires a working rain sensor on every automatic sprinkler.
Hernando County draws from the Floridan aquifer that feeds Weeki Wachee Springs, so irrigation is tightly limited. Under SWFWMD authority and the county's year-round watering ordinance (Chapter 28), unincorporated Hernando allows landscape watering just one day per week, assigned by address and barred during the heat of the day, for all sources including private wells and surface water. Florida Statute 373.62 separately requires every automatic sprinkler system to have working technology that shuts it off during sufficient moisture. During declared water shortages, currently a Modified Phase III order, the District and county tighten the schedule further.
Watering outside your assigned day or hours violates the county ordinance and SWFWMD rule, drawing a warning then escalating fines. Running an automatic system without a working rain sensor violates Florida Statute 373.62.
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