Water restrictions in South Bend, IN — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Indiana sets no statewide watering ban, and water-rich South Bend imposes no mandatory irrigation schedule. Any limits would come from the South Bend municipal water utility during a severe drought, not from a standing landscaping ordinance.
There is no Indiana statute limiting residential lawn watering, and South Bend keeps no routine irrigation schedule. The city draws abundant supply from wells in the shallow glacial-outwash aquifer along the St. Joseph River, so hard restrictions are rare. In a severe drought the South Bend Water Works may request voluntary odd-even watering or a temporary outdoor-use limit, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources tracks conditions and coordinates response. Those measures are the utility's, not a landscaping ordinance. Large commercial or agricultural withdrawals face separate state registration with the DNR, but an ordinary homeowner watering a lawn does not.
None by default. During a declared drought, watering outside a utility-imposed schedule can draw warnings, surcharges, or service limits under the water utility's rules. There is no standing city or state penalty for ordinary lawn watering.
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