Water restrictions in Marion County, FL — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Most of unincorporated Marion County is governed by the St. Johns River Water Management District's year-round landscape irrigation schedule, which limits watering days by address, prohibits watering between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and caps application at three-quarters inch and one hour per zone per allowed day.
Marion County lies almost entirely within the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD); only Dunnellon and The Villages fall under the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD). Under the SJRWMD year-round schedule, during Daylight Saving Time odd-numbered/no addresses water Wednesday and Saturday and even-numbered addresses Thursday and Sunday (nonresidential Tuesday and Friday); during Eastern Standard Time each group is limited to one day per week. Irrigation is prohibited between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with no more than three-quarters inch of water and no more than one hour per zone on an allowed day. The County's own Land Development Code Division 9 reinforces this, providing that no more than 0.75 inches of water may be applied per irrigation zone on each irrigation day and irrigation shall not occur for more than one hour per zone per day, and requiring rain-sensor shutoff devices. Micro-spray, micro-jet, drip, and hand-held hose watering are generally exempt.
Violating water-management-district watering restrictions can result in warnings and code enforcement citations; the district and local code enforcement may impose fines for repeated violations.
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