Water Use Rules
Lawn watering schedules, turf replacement programs, recycled water rules, and leak reporting requirements.
Odd addresses water on odd days. The watering schedule tied to address parity, plus bans on midday irrigation and runoff to the pavement, is the workhorse of urban water law, and in the West it escalates through drought stages that a council declaration can change overnight.
Past irrigation, codes reach rain barrels, greywater systems, and the duty to fix known leaks. Because stages move, the standing rule and the current stage are two different questions with two different answers.
What's Covered
Turf Replacement Rebates
Rebate programs paying residents to replace turf with drought-tolerant landscaping, including per-square-foot incentives and approved plant lists.
Recycled Water Rules
Where purple-pipe recycled water is required for irrigation, dual-plumbing requirements for new construction, and cross-connection-control rules.
Leak Reporting Duty
Property owner's duty to report and repair water leaks within a set window once notified, plus how utilities issue leak-adjustment credits and impose penalties.