Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40E - South Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40E-24 - MANDATORY YEAR-ROUND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION MEASURES CONSERVATION MEASURES › Section 40E-24.201 - Year-Round Landscape Irrigation Conservation Measures

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The year-round landscape irrigation
				conservation measures contained in this chapter are applicable to all users as
				defined in subsection
				 40E-24.101(14),
				F.A.C., including permitted and exempt users under Chapter 40E-2, F.A.C.,
				unless indicated otherwise herein. These conservation measures apply to all
				water sources, except that the use of reclaimed water, which may or may not be
				supplemented from another source, is allowed anytime. In addition to the
				requirements of this section, all permitted users under Chapter 40E-2, F.A.C.,
				are required to maintain compliance with all CUP conditions and terms,
				including those designed to require the implementation of water conservation
				practices.
(2) Any restrictions or
				other measures declared pursuant to Chapter 40E-21, F.A.C., or related Board or
				Executive Director orders which are more restrictive than a measure contained
				within this chapter, shall supersede this rule for the duration of the
				applicable water shortage declaration.
(3) It shall be the duty of each water user
				to keep informed as to the landscape irrigation conservation measures presented
				within this chapter, which affect each particular water use.
(4) In addition to the specific conservation
				measures enumerated below, all wasteful and unnecessary water use as defined in
				subsection  40E-24.101(15),
				F.A.C., is prohibited.
(5) The
				following requirements or exceptions shall apply to all users unless specified
				otherwise herein:
(a) Landscape irrigation
				shall be prohibited daily between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except
				as otherwise provided herein.
(b)
				Irrigation of new landscaping shall comply with the following provisions:
1. On the day the new landscaping is
				installed, the new landscaping may be irrigated once without regard to the
				normally allowable watering days and times. Irrigation of the soil immediately
				prior to the installation of the new landscaping is also allowable without
				regard to the normal allowable watering days and times.
2. The ninety (90) day period begins the day
				the new landscaping is installed. The new landscaping shall be installed within
				a reasonable time from the date of purchase, which may be demonstrated with a
				dated receipt or invoice.
3.
				Irrigation of new landscaping which has been in place for thirty (30) days or
				less may be accomplished on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and
				Sunday.
4. Irrigation of new
				landscaping which has been in place for thirty-one (31) to ninety (90) days may
				be accomplished on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
5. Irrigation of the new landscaping is
				limited to areas containing the new landscaping only. An entire zone of an
				irrigation system shall only be utilized for landscape irrigation under this
				paragraph if the zone in question is for an area that contains at least 50% new
				landscaping. If a zone contains less than 50% new landscaping, or if the new
				landscaping is in an area that will not typically be irrigated by an irrigation
				system, only the individual new plantings are eligible for additional
				irrigation under this paragraph. Targeted watering may be accomplished by low
				volume hand watering, or any appropriate method which isolates and waters only
				the new landscaping.
(c)
				Landscape irrigation systems may be operated during restricted days and/or
				times for cleaning, maintenance, and repair purposes with an attendant on site
				in the area being tested. Landscape irrigation systems may routinely be
				operated for such purposes no more than once per week, and the run time for any
				one test should not exceed 10 minutes per zone.
(d) Landscape irrigation for the purpose of
				watering-in fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides, fungicides and herbicides,
				where such watering-in is recommended by the manufacturer, or by federal, state
				or local law, or best management practices, shall be allowed under the
				following conditions:
1. Such watering-in
				shall be limited to one application unless the need for more than one
				application is stated in the directions for application specified by the
				manufacturer; and
2. Such
				watering-in shall be accomplished during normally allowable watering days and
				times set forth in paragraph (5)(a), subsections (6) and (7) unless a
				professional licensed applicator has posted a temporary sign containing the
				date of application and the date(s) of needed watering-in
				activity.
(e) Any plant
				material may be watered using low volume irrigation, micro-irrigation,
				low-volume hand watering methods, and rain barrels, cisterns, or other similar
				rain-harvesting devices without regard to the watering days or times allowed
				pursuant to this section.