With the summer season heating up, Metro Vancouver has released its official guidelines to help you follow watering restrictions and avoid fines.
Regulations begin on May 1, limiting lawn watering to one day per week for both Metro Vancouver homes and businesses until Oct. 15.
The City of Vancouver says in a release Tuesday the regional drinking water reservoirs are at normal seasonal levels, but restrictions are needed to help “conserve drinking water during our hotter, drier months.”
From May 1, residential lawn watering is allowed:
- Even-numbered addresses: Saturdays — automatic watering between 5 and 7 a.m., and manual watering between 6 and 9 am.
- Odd-numbered addresses: Sundays — automatic watering between 5 and 7 a.m., and manual watering between 6 and 9 am.
- Trees, shrubs, and flowers can be watered with a sprinkler any day between 5 and 9 a.m., or any time by hand or using drip irrigation.
From May 1, non-residential lawn watering is allowed:
- Even-numbered addresses: Mondays — automatic watering between 4 and 6 a.m., and manual watering between 6 and 9 am.
- Odd-numbered addresses: Tuesdays — automatic watering between 4 and 6 a.m., and manual watering between 6 and 9 am.
- Trees, shrubs, and flowers can be watered with a sprinkler any day between 4 and 9 a.m., or any time by hand or using drip irrigation.
Watering outside regulated times could result in a $250 fine from the regional district.
Metro Vancouver said residents collectively abiding by these regulations is the best way to avoid an outright ban on lawn watering this summer.