Meriden, CT Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)

Section 207-19 of the Meriden Code gives the Director of Public Utilities or the Public Utilities Commission discretionary authority to promulgate regulations or issue orders it deems necessary to conserve the City's water supply, triggered by the condition of the City's reservoirs, wells or other water sources. Rather than printing a fixed watering-day calendar, the ordinance is an enabling provision: whatever conservation measure the Director or Commission adopts, such as limiting outdoor irrigation, car washing or pool filling, becomes law only once published at least once in a paper with daily circulation in the City.

After that publication, it becomes unlawful for anyone who has been given a copy of the regulation or order to do any act the regulation forbids. This sits within Chapter 207's broader water-supply framework, which also lets the Water Division shut off service citywide under § 207-17 for the purpose of husbanding reservoir resources when the Director or Commission judges it in the City's best interest, and separately bars unauthorized hydrant use under § 207-21. Because the authority is discretionary and tied to actual supply conditions rather than a recurring seasonal rule, Meriden residents are not bound by odd/even day irrigation limits or similar restrictions unless and until the Director or Commission actually issues and publishes one.