Water restrictions in St. Johns County, FL — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
St. Johns County follows the St. Johns River Water Management District year-round watering schedule: homes water two days a week in summer and one in winter, never between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Florida Statute 373.62 requires a working rain sensor on every automatic sprinkler.
Outdoor irrigation across St. Johns County runs on the SJRWMD year-round landscape irrigation rule under Florida Administrative Code Chapter 40C-2. On Daylight Saving Time, odd-numbered addresses water Wednesday and Saturday, even-numbered addresses Thursday and Sunday, and nonresidential sites Tuesday and Friday; on Eastern Standard Time watering drops to one day a week, odd addresses Saturday and even addresses Sunday. Watering is never allowed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Florida Statute 373.62 separately requires every automatic sprinkler system to have working technology that shuts it off during sufficient moisture. During declared water shortages the District tightens the schedule further.
Watering outside your assigned days or during the 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. cutoff violates the District rule and county enforcement, drawing a warning then fines. Running an automatic system without a rain sensor violates Florida Statute 373.62.
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