Austin Stage 2 Water Restrictions

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Austin stage 2 water restrictions. Failing to follow the water restrictions may result in enforcement action including fines of up to 500 per violation. Odd address wednesday saturday. To ensure that both. Even address thursday sunday.

In limited situations austin water may be able to grant a variance from the water restrictions. That means you cannot wash your car at home and restaurants cannot serve water unless a customer asks for it. Addresses ending with an even number may water on thursdays and sundays. Stage 2 watering restrictions are in line with the city s drought contingency plan which states in part that the city manager may order additional water restrictions when the combined lake storage levels of lakes travis and buchanan reaches 900 000 acre feet.

Addresses ending with an odd number may water on wednesdays and saturdays. Hose end sprinklers two days per week midnight to 10 a m. The city of austin believes it is necessary to implement additional restrictions to help ensure adequate water supply during the drought. Automatic irrigation one day per week midnight to 10 a m.

No watering on mondays. The lakeway municipal utility district lmud has now instituted stage 2 water restrictions year round for outdoor use of in ground automatic irrigation systems or hose end sprinklers. It is anticipated that the trigger will be reached next week. The city of austin has been under stage 2 water restrictions since 2010.

To report violations call 3 1 1 use the 3 1 1 mobile app or submit a report online please provide the address time date and type of violation. For the first time since 2011 the lcra is in a position to release water downstream for agriculture like the rice farmers. Residents are allowed to water no more than twice per week based on their home mailing address.