Watering Restrictions for Unincorporated Pinellas County

I forwarded the below email out on Thursday evening to my friends in Pinellas County)

For years, I’ve believed a generalization with lawn watering, and for years I and others have acted without much thought to watering rules and restrictions.  It’s always been a very ambiguous thing that was believed (and seldom republished in community newspapers): You can water on X and Y day, it applies for all odd-numbered houses on the block and all the even-numbered houses can water on days A and B).

But as of late, as the drought locally has raged on, I’ve been seeing neighbors apply the above ambiguous rules to different days with thanks to word-of-mouth watering rules.  Everyone seems to think they are supposed to water on a certain day, and it applies for everyone on their side of the street…  Though that day varies depending on opinion or neighbor gossip.   Or there are no hour-restrictions to watering – run the sprinklers as you please.

That’s NOT the case.

Please visit the Pinellas County Utilities page and familiarize yourself with the rules that apply for you and your yard. This was the first time I’ve ever gone to this web page and actually seen the rules in place… Chances are, that might be the case for you as well.