Pflugerville, TX Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
Water restrictions in Pflugerville, TX, 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 code
- City Code Section 53.216
- Baseline watering
- Designated day; not 10am-7pm
- Stage 1
- Once-per-week irrigation
- Stage 2
- All landscape irrigation banned
- Hand watering
- Allowed with shutoff nozzle
Summary
Pflugerville enforces a year-round drought contingency plan under City Code Section 53.216. Even at the baseline conservation stage, sprinkler irrigation of ornamental landscape is allowed only on your designated outdoor water-use day, and never between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
(B) Stage 1 - once per week irrigation. ... (3) Water use restrictions. (a) A person may not operate a manual or automatic irrigation system for the purposes of irrigating an ornamental landscape except on a designated outdoor water use day for the location. (b) Automatic irrigation via a permanently installed, or temporarily installed, irrigation system shall be before 8:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. on a designated outdoor water use day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4904710; v24 updated 2026-05-26).
Full Breakdown
The public works department monitors water supply daily, and the city manager declares drought stages by public notification, effective immediately. At the baseline conservation stage, automatic and manual irrigation of ornamental landscape is limited to a designated outdoor water-use day and prohibited from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Stage 1 tightens this to once-per-week irrigation, with automatic systems and hose-end sprinklers running only before 8:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. Stage 2 bans all automatic and manual landscape irrigation outright and requires a variance for new irrigated landscaping. Stage 3 prohibits all outdoor irrigation. Hand watering with a positive shutoff nozzle or a container of five gallons or less stays allowed on your designated day.
Violations & Fines
Irrigating off your designated water-use day, or running sprinklers during prohibited hours, violates the drought plan; the public works department enforces it and the city manager can escalate to stricter stages.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What happens under Stage 2 restrictions?
Sources & Official References
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