{"id":4212,"date":"2025-07-18T01:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4212\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T01:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:15:20","slug":"west-kelowna-has-moved-to-stage-2-water-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4212\/","title":{"rendered":"West Kelowna has moved to Stage 2 water restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Water restrictions in place<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"West Kelowna has instituted Stage 2 water restrictions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/water_p4219910.jpg\" style=\"height:426px; width:640px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: pixabay<\/p>\n<p>West Kelowna has instituted Stage 2 water restrictions<\/p>\n<p>The City of West Kelowna has moved to Stage 2 outdoor watering restrictions due to provincial drought conditions.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release, the city says as drought risks rise, water needs to be prioritized for food and farming, fish and firefighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the province, our region is forecasted to remain dry, with little to no rainfall, increasing drought severity and reducing stream flows,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents are urged to reduce outdoor water use by 30 per cent immediately to help conserve water.<\/p>\n<p>Under Stage 2 restrictions, even numbered addresses are only permitted to water Saturday and Tuesday with odd numbered addresses watering Sunday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hand watering of landscaping plants and vegetable gardens, but not lawns, is permitted on any day as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Automatic sprinkler systems are only permitted to be used between midnight and 6 a.m., while manual systems are permitted only between midnight and 11 a.m. or 6 p.m. to midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Watering is not permitted between the hours of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>If drought conditions persist, and demand remains high, stricter restrictions may be required.<\/p>\n<p>Under Stage 3, watering is only permitted once a week while Stage 4 prohibits any watering to prioritize firefighting efforts and essential indoor needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Water restrictions in place Photo: pixabay West Kelowna has instituted Stage 2 water restrictions The City of West&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-4212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}