Current Outdoor Water Usage

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NEW OUTDOOR WATERING RESTRICTIONS AS OF JUNE 10, 2009:

(As signed by Governor Sunny Perdue)

Outside watering days are still based on street addresses —

EVEN-NUMBERED ADDRESSES: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday (WATERING DAYS ONLY)

ODD-NUMBERED ADDRESSES: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (WATERING DAYS ONLY)

OUTSIDE WATERING is now allowed anytime on any of the allotted three (based on even/odd addresses).
Residents are asked, but not required, to refrain from watering between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on watering days.
Residents are asked, but not required, to use soaker hoses for outdoor watering instead of other methods of watering.

Friday is still a dry day with NO watering allowed.

State officials ask Georgians to keep using the conservation habits that helped significantly cut water use over the past 2 1/2 years.

Outdoor use of water for McDonough customers - as of June 11, 2008 and until further notice - is as follows:

Odd number addresses may water on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, between midnight and 10:00 a.m.
Even numbered addresses may water on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, between midnight and 10:00 a.m.
Swimming pools may be filled without restrictions on day or time.
Watering food gardens is permitted without restrictions on day or time.
Newly installed landscaping may be watered only on the day of installation, and then must adhere to rules listed above (in directives 1 and 2).
Watering in herbicides is permitted only on the day of application, with no hourly restrictions on that day.
Washing/pressure washing houses and buildings is permitted (except on Fridays).
Washing vehicles, such as cars, boats, trailers, motorbikes, airplanes, golf carts, four wheelers, etc., is permitted (except on Fridays).
Fund-raisers, such as car washes, are permitted (except on Fridays).
Use of water for ornamental purposes, such as in fountains, reflecting pools, and waterfalls, is permitted.
Outdoor use of water for commercial purposes is allowed per Rules of Environmental Protection Division Outdoor Water Use, Chapter 391-3-30.05. Those "Rules of Use" are outlined at: http://www.gaepd.org/Documents/water_use_schedules.html.

The following outdoor uses are prohibited:

Using hydrants for any purpose other than firefighting, public health, safety, or flushing.
Washing hard surfaces, such as streets, gutters, sidewalks, and driveways, except when necessary for public health and safety purposes.