Salt Lake City Public Utilities limits outdoor lawn watering to specific days and prohibits watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. April through October, in response to ongoing Wasatch Range drought and the Great Salt Lake desiccation crisis.
Under Salt Lake City Public Utilities' Water Shortage Contingency Plan, residents follow a watering schedule based on address and current drought stage. From October through April, outdoor watering is essentially banned. From April to October, daytime watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. is prohibited because of evaporation losses. The schedule is enforced through water billing records, customer reports, and field observations. Salt Lake City has reduced per-capita water use sharply since 2000, but the Great Salt Lake's record-low levels make the restrictions politically and ecologically central.
First violations bring written warnings. Repeated violations escalate to fines on the water bill, and severe drought stages can trigger surcharges and ultimately water service curtailment under the contingency plan.
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