Abbotsford, Mission downgrade water restrictions to stage one<\/p>\n
Published 9:14 am Thursday, September 17, 2026<\/p>\n
Abbotsford and Mission downgraded water restrictions from stage two to stage one last week.<\/p>\n
The move back to stage one, which allows lawn watering once per week, was effective Sept. 10.<\/p>\n
Stage one restrictions first went into effect on May 1 and were upgraded to stage two on July 31.<\/p>\n
Under stage one, even addresses can water lawns on Saturdays and odd addresses water on Sundays. Manual watering is permitted between 6 and 9 a.m. and automatic watering between 5 and 7 a.m.<\/p>\n
For industrial, commercial, and institutional properties, even addresses are permitted to water lawns on Monday mornings and odd addresses are permitted on Tuesday mornings. Manual watering is permitted between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. while automatic is allowed between 4 and 6 a.m.<\/p>\n
According to Abbotsford Mission Water and Sewer Services (AMWSS), the first instance of non-compliance with water restrictions results in a warning notice that contains educational content . A second instance of non-compliance can result in a fine of $500 in Abbotsford and $250 in Mission during stage one.<\/p>\n
Abbotsford and Mission\u2019s Go for Gold Contest is ongoing for municipal water customers who have maintained a lawn that has not been watered since July 31.<\/p>\n
First, second and third prizes (awarded in the form of a credit on their next water bill) are chosen by staff from the cities of Abbotsford and Mission.<\/p>\n
Participants can submit up to five photos of their property taken between July 31 and Oct. 16. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abbotsford, Mission downgrade water restrictions to stage one Published 9:14 am Thursday, September 17, 2026 Abbotsford and Mission…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,84],"class_list":["post-899508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899508","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=899508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}