Water restrictions in Sparks, NV — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Sparks water comes from TMWA, not SNWA. Assigned-day watering runs by address: even addresses water Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday; odd addresses Wednesday, Friday, Sunday; never Monday; and no sprinkler watering from noon to 6 p.m. Nevada's AB 356 turf ban does not apply here.
The Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) supplies Sparks from the Truckee River, fed by Lake Tahoe and Sierra reservoirs, plus local groundwater, an entirely different system from Southern Nevada's Colorado River and Lake Mead. TMWA runs an assigned-day watering schedule: if your address ends in an even number, water Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; odd numbers water Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday; no one waters Monday; and no sprinkler watering during the heat of the day, noon to 6 p.m. Assigned days apply only to sprinkler and automatic irrigation, so hand watering and drip lines are allowed any day. In drought years such as 2021 and 2025, TMWA imposed tighter mandatory limits.
TMWA emphasizes education and reminders first. Repeated off-schedule watering or visible water waste can escalate to enforcement contact, and in declared drought years mandatory restrictions carry stiffer consequences.
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