San Angelo, TX Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)

Sec. 002 sets San Angelo's year-round water conservation measures, which apply regardless of drought stage. daily from April 1 through October 31. Subsection (8) limits frequency to twice every seven days from April 1 through October 31 and once every seven days from November 1 through March 31, though golf greens may be watered daily year-round. Subsection (10) caps the allowable application rate at one inch of water per week on established lawns, landscape plants and shrubs; subsection (11) exempts drip irrigation from the hours and frequency limits as long as it stays under that same one-inch weekly cap, and hand watering with a hand-held hose or a five-gallon container is allowed any time outside the prohibited hours under subsection (12).

New sod, seed or transplanted landscaping gets a temporary allowance of up to three waterings a day for the first two weeks after planting, tapering to twice daily for weeks three and four, if the customer notifies the city's code compliance or water conservation division of the schedule. These baseline rules tighten automatically once the city declares a drought stage under Sec. 003: Drought Level I cuts outdoor watering to once every seven days in summer and once every 14 days in winter, Level II keeps that same schedule while adding a rate multiplier to the water bill, and Level III bans outdoor irrigation entirely except hand watering or drip irrigation of trees and foundations on council-set days, and bars filling pools and fountains and washing vehicles.