Largo, FL Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 23-93
- Residential watering days
- Mon/Thu/Sat or Sun/Tue/Fri by address
- Daily ban
- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- First offense
- Written warning only
- Fourth violation fine
- $500.00
- Connection deadline
- 180 days after availability (§ 23-94)
Summary
Largo splits reclaimed water irrigation into two zones under City Code § 23-93. Addresses ending in an even number or a letter A through M water Monday, Thursday and Saturday; odd numbers and N through Z water Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. Irrigation is banned citywide from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day, and violators face escalating fines up to $500.00.
(a)The use of reclaimed water by all residential reclaimed water customers for irrigation purposes shall be permitted as follows:(1)At addresses ending in an even number or the letters A through M on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.(2)At addresses ending in an odd number or the letters N through Z, or at locations with no address or mixed addresses, on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.(3)Irrigation is prohibited between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 | Comprehensive Development Code: Supplement 18).
Full Breakdown
Environmental Services enforces the reclaimed water irrigation schedule set out in Code § 23-93. Residential customers may irrigate only on their assigned days: even-numbered addresses and A through M on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, odd-numbered addresses, N through Z, and unaddressed or mixed-address parcels on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. Commercial reclaimed water customers, effective October 1, 2003, run a separate Monday/Wednesday/Saturday or Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday cycle. every day, though golf courses may keep watering through those hours under the commercial schedule. The environmental services director can exempt a commercial account from the day restriction if enforcing it would be unreasonable, but the midday ban and other conditions still apply.
Newly sodded or planted residential and commercial lots may water every day for 30 days if the owner keeps proof of purchase on hand for city staff to inspect. Under § 23-94, any lot developed for commercial, office, industrial, warehousing, multifamily or single-family use that irrigates with potable water must switch to an existing well or connect to the city's reclaimed water main once service becomes available at the property line, within 180 days of availability. 00 monthly minimum for the first 25,000 gallons plus metered usage rates under Code § 23-91.
Violations & Fines
Violating the reclaimed water schedule or a commission-ordered conservation restriction under § 23-93(e) draws a written warning for a first offense, a $32.00 fine for a second violation, $100.00 for a third violation within one year, and $500.00 for a fourth violation within two years. The city can permanently terminate reclaimed water service to repeat violators on 30 days' written notice, and separate offenses accrue for each day of continuing violation.
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