Pinellas County, FL Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)

Lawn Watering Days and Times Lawn and landscape watering remains limited to a once-per-week schedule . Residents should check with their city or county for their allowable day and times as many have different schedules or stricter hours in effect. Below is the standard watering days schedule based on addresses ending in: 0 or 1 shall only water on Monday 2 or 3, on Tuesday 4 or 5, on Wednesday 6 or 7, on Thursday 8 or 9, on Friday along with locations with a mix of addresses or for which an address cannot be determined (such as common areas associated with a subdivision) Unless your city or county already has stricter hours in effect, watering hours are reduced to 12:01 a.m. to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Properties less than one acre in size may only use one of these windows. Unless your city or county already has stricter hours in effect, properties one acre or larger may only water before 4 a.m. and after 8 p.m. The restrictions apply to residents on private wells however, reclaimed water is only subject to voluntary watering hours, unless restricted by the local government or utility. Handwatering and Microirrigation Residents may still handwater plants or use microirrigation on to water flower beds, shrubs, or other plant material (other than lawns) on any day, however under the Modified Phase III restrictions it is limited to the hours of before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m. New Lawns and Plants New lawns and plants have a 60-day establishment period. On days 1-30, new lawns and plants may be watered any day of the we ek . During days 31-60 , new lawns and plants may be watered three days during the week. The user must maintain a written schedule of establishment period watering. Ev en-numbered addre sses may water on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Odd-numbered addresses may be watered on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.