Water restrictions in Ventura, CA — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Ventura Water enforces water-waste prohibitions and stage-based outdoor watering schedules under Division 12 (Public Utilities) of the San Buenaventura Municipal Code, layered with California's statewide permanent water-waste rules.
Division 12 of the SBMC contains the City's water conservation and water-shortage regulations administered by Ventura Water. The Ventura County region (including the Santa Clara River watershed serving Ventura) is subject to state drought declarations that activate prohibited-uses lists: hosing down hard surfaces, irrigation that causes runoff onto pavement, washing vehicles with hoses lacking shut-off nozzles, and irrigating turf within 48 hours of measurable rainfall. Outdoor watering is generally limited to early-morning or late-evening hours on assigned days during declared shortage stages. State Water Resources Control Board emergency regulations (Cal. Code Regs. Title 23 §§863–866) supplement the SBMC.
Ventura Water issues warning notices, then escalating administrative fines under SBMC Div. 12; chronic non-compliance can lead to flow restrictors or service shut-off.
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