Additional Water Use Restrictions\u00a0<\/p>\n
Watering is not permitted between 8am and 6pm on any day. Watering is permitted\u00a0between midnight and 8am OR between 6pm and midnight, only once on your designated day.<\/p>\n
Irrigation must be curtailed when sufficient rain has occurred in the last 24 hours. Florida law requires all automatic irrigation systems to have a working rain-sensing device. Tampa Water Department customers can request a free rain sensor<\/a> to connect to their irrigation controller.<\/p>\n Regular Maintenance & Power Outages<\/p>\n Residents are asked to check their irrigation systems to ensure they are working properly. This means testing and repairing broken pipes and leaks and fixing damaged or tilted sprinkler heads.\u00a0<\/p>\n You are allowed to run your sprinkler system to check for leaks no more than 10 minutes per zone, once a week. However, you must be visible from the street while you are running the system to avoid a citation.<\/p>\n Residents should also check their irrigation controller to ensure the settings are correct and the rain sensor<\/a> is working properly, especially after a power outage. Failure to check your system settings after a power outage may cause you to receive a water use citation for watering on the wrong day and time.<\/p>\n Hand watering\u00a0Hand watering and micro-irrigation of landscapes, such as flowering plants, vines, shrubs, palms, trees, ornamental grasses and groundcover (other than lawn\/turfgrass) is allowed any day and any time.Hand watering of lawns is restricted to the designated day and time<\/a>.All hoses must be fitted with an automatic shut-off garden hose nozzle. Tampa Water Department customers can request a free outdoor water conservation kit<\/a> which includes this nozzle.Watering a new lawn?\u00a0<\/p>\n Follow this easy, research-based 30-day establishment schedule<\/a> recommended by the University of Florida\u2019s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS).\u00a0<\/p>\n The prohibited hours of 8am – 6pm remain in place even when watering-in new sod.Chemical treatments<\/p>\n Irrigation for the purpose of watering-in of fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides, must also comply:<\/p>\n If applied by a licensed professional, you may follow the manufacturer’s recommendations. Note: If you received a citation and you believe you met this exemption, please provide receipts of application along with your citation ID number to WaterPatrol@TechstaffTB.com<\/a>.If applied by someone other than a licensed professional, then watering-in of chemical treatments\u00a0shall be restricted to the\u00a0allowed days and hours.The prohibited hours of 8am – 6pm remain in place even when watering-in chemical treatments.The City of Tampa Fertilizer Ordinance<\/a>\u00a0establishes a restricted period from June 1 – September 30, when the application of lawn and landscape fertilizer containing nitrogen and\/or phosphorus is not allowed.Car washing<\/p>\n