Tampa Bay Area Watering Restrictions

WATERING RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE TAMPA BAY AREA (as of 29 Mar 09)
Here in Florida, we're under a continuing Phase III (Extreme) water shortage alert, and the drought is ongoing. The 15 billion gallon C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir is bone dry, surface water resources are so thoroughly tapped out that we've started pulling water from sinkholes to meet demand, and we haven't even hit the driest month of the year yet (April).

Check you sprinkler systems if you have them and make sure they're configured to the right days/times (or off altogether! Hand watering your landscape saves thousands of gallons of water). Make sure you know what days you're supposed to water on, and remember not to water between 8 AM and 6 PM (5-6 AM is ideal- lowest water demand and plenty of time for the plants to absorb the water before it evaporates under the sun), and never longer than 30 minutes, once per allowed day.

It's also worth noting that lawns are the only things with watering restrictions, check SWFWMD's page for a general overview of what is and isn't restricted. In general though, things like car washing, pressure washing, filling or topping off of pools and the like are restricted to certain days of the week, or not at all. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK BEFORE YOU TURN ON THE HOSE! THE FINES ARE NO JOKE!

WATERING RESTRICTIONS
See restrictions for Pasco
See restrticions for Unincorporated Pinellas (Except St. Pete)
- See restrticions for St. Petersburg
See restrticions for Unincorporated Hillsborough (Except Tampa, Plant City or Temple Terrace)
- See restrticions for Tampa
- See restrticions for Plant City
- See restrticions for Temple Terrace