Water restrictions in Little Elm, TX — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Year-round twice-weekly watering by address number per NTMWD plan. No sprinklers 10 AM-6 PM Apr-Oct. Drought stages escalate to once-weekly or total outdoor bans.
Little Elm purchases treated water from the North Texas Municipal Water District and enforces year-round landscape watering restrictions consistent with NTMWD conservation requirements. Under normal conditions (Stage 1), automatic sprinkler irrigation is limited to two days per week: even-numbered addresses water Wednesday and Saturday, odd-numbered addresses water Thursday and Sunday. No landscape watering is allowed between 10 AM and 6 PM from April 1 through October 31. Hand watering with a hose equipped with a shutoff nozzle, drip irrigation, and soaker hoses are generally exempt from day-of-week restrictions. Stage 2 drought restrictions reduce watering to once per week. Stage 3 prohibits all outdoor watering except by hand for foundation watering and new landscaping with a variance. Stage 4 prohibits all outdoor water use. Little Elm is in the drought-prone Upper Trinity River basin and has experienced multiple Stage 3 events. NTMWD has invested heavily in new reservoir capacity at Bois d'Arc Lake to serve the growing Denton County population.
First violation: written warning. Second violation within 12 months: $250 fine. Third and subsequent: $500 fine per occurrence. Chronic violators may have water service restricted. Each day of violation is a separate offense.
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