Mount Pleasant, SC Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
Water restrictions in Mount Pleasant, SC, also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance, set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 51.058 Water Conservation
- Triggered by
- Declared drought or water emergency
- Applicable plans
- SC Drought Plan + MPW Drought Response Plan
- Enforcing utility
- Mount Pleasant Waterworks (the Commission)
- Penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 30 days jail, § 51.018
Summary
In the Town of Mount Pleasant, Town Code § 51.058 requires every water customer of the Commissioners of Public Works, known as Mount Pleasant Waterworks (MPW), to follow the South Carolina Drought Management and Response Plan and MPW's own Commission Drought Response Plan whenever a drought or water emergency is declared. The town code does not print its own watering-day schedule; it adopts whichever restrictions those plans set.
§ 51.058 WATER CONSERVATION. In the event of a drought or emergency, all customers of the Commission are required to follow guidelines as set forth in the South Carolina Drought Management and Response Plan and the Commission Drought Response Plan.
Full Breakdown
001 as the body responsible for water and wastewater service in and around the town. 058, titled Water Conservation, is the town's chapter-51 provision addressing outdoor watering during a drought: it requires all MPW customers, once a drought or emergency is declared, to follow the guidelines in the South Carolina Drought Management and Response Plan and in MPW's own Commission Drought Response Plan. Rather than fix its own odd-even schedule or watering-hours table in the municipal code, the town folds its irrigation limits into whatever stage the state plan and MPW's plan currently call for, so the specific restriction in effect, whether on irrigation days, hours, or an outright ban, changes with the declared drought stage.
057, which requires any property within 250 feet of a water main to connect to the system in the first place. 018, the water-and-sewer chapter's general penalty section.
Violations & Fines
Section 51.018 makes any Chapter 51 violation, including ignoring the drought guidelines adopted under § 51.058, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500, up to 30 days in jail, or both, with each day of continued noncompliance treated as a separate offense. Violators also owe MPW's cleanup and enforcement costs, and no penalty under this chapter may exceed what state law separately allows.
Frequently Asked Questions
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