According to the Georgia Water Stewardship Act and the state’s Drought Management Rules, the Henry County Water Authority is following an outdoor water use schedule reflecting its current “pre-drought” conditions, which allows customers to use water outdoors daily between the hours of 4 p.m. to 10 a.m. No outdoor water use is allowed during the mid-day hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Current outdoor water use by HCWA customers, which is subject to change depending on future drought conditions, should be for purposes of planting, growing, managing, or maintaining lawns and ground cover, trees, shrubs, or other plants. There are exemptions to the current outdoor water use schedule that allow for daily watering, such as the watering of new landscape for a period of 30 days after planting, the irrigation of personal food gardens, and hand watering or watering via drip irrigation or soaker hoses.
Information: www.hcwa.com/Outdoor-water-use.
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