Los Angeles, CA Water Use Rules: Lawn Watering Restrictions (2026)

Under LAMC §121.03, all LADWP residential and commercial customers follow Phase 2 watering rules: even-address parcels water Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays; odd addresses Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays — only two of those days are allowed in summer, one in winter, per current LADWP schedule. Each watering station may run no longer than 8 minutes with conventional sprinklers (15 minutes with high-efficiency rotors). Irrigation between 9am and 4pm is banned, as is runoff that flows past the property line. Drip systems and hand-watering with a shutoff nozzle are exempt from time-of-day rules. Phase 3 emergency rules tighten further during droughts.