Water restrictions in Shasta County, CA — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Shasta County does not have a county-wide ordinance setting daily watering schedules. Water use restrictions in Shasta County come primarily from California State Water Resources Control Board emergency regulations (notably the Scott-Shasta Rivers Drought Emergency Regulations) and from individual water districts and cities. In past drought emergencies, the county Board of Supervisors has declared local emergencies and adopted conservation measures.
Water management in Shasta County is fragmented across many providers, including the City of Redding Water Utility, City of Shasta Lake, City of Anderson, Bella Vista Water District, Centerville Community Services District, Mountain Gate CSD, Clear Creek CSD, and many small mutual water companies and well users. The county itself does not impose a uniform daily watering schedule on the unincorporated area. Statewide drought regulations under the California Water Code (California Code of Regulations Title 23) apply across the county and include prohibitions on washing down sidewalks and driveways, hose-watering without a shut-off nozzle, irrigating during or shortly after rainfall, watering decorative turf at commercial properties, and using non-recirculating decorative fountains. The State Water Board's Scott-Shasta Emergency Regulation (originally adopted 2021-2022, renewed in 2024-2025) governs surface water diversions from the Shasta River watershed and includes curtailment of diversions during drought. Individual water districts may impose their own Stage 1 through Stage 4 conservation requirements during dry years.
State water waste prohibitions are enforceable by the State Water Resources Control Board with civil penalties up to $500 per day. Water district stage-based restrictions are enforced by the district and typically begin with warnings and progress to surcharges or service curtailment. County code enforcement may address water waste creating public nuisance.
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