Tavares urges irrigation checks before Nov. 1 time change
The city’s Oct. 28 reminder calls for checking watering days and timers. Current Phase III restrictions already limit affected properties to one irrigation day a week.
Editorial review: Oct. 28 Tavares notice verified directly. Current SJRWMD Phase III guidance checked independently; do not frame Nov. 1 as the start of a new shortage restriction. Lake County lists approved alternative schedules. No blanket countywide schedule asserted. Current repository confirms draft editor and listing queries; live editor authentication remains unavailable.
Tavares issued an Oct. 28 reminder to check watering days, permitted hours and irrigation timers before the Nov. 1 clock change.
Current Phase III guidance already limits affected properties to one irrigation day weekly and prohibits watering from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Residents and property managers responsible for landscape irrigation; approved alternative schedules and district boundaries require property-specific checks.
The city has issued a reminder, not a new shortage order or a notice lifting existing restrictions.
Check the irrigation timer and confirm the property's current schedule with its utility or water management district.
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Tavares is asking residents to check their irrigation settings before clocks change Nov. 1. The city's new reminder comes while tighter water-shortage restrictions remain in place.
WHAT HAPPENED
In an Oct. 28 notice, the city urged residents in the St. Johns River Water Management District to check their assigned watering day, permitted hours and irrigation timer, and to water only when needed.
WHY IT MATTERS
The district's current Phase III guidance already limits affected properties to one landscape-irrigation day per week. The city's notice should not be read as permission to water twice weekly until Nov. 1.
Under that guidance, irrigation is prohibited between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. The district also limits each zone to no more than one hour and three-quarters of an inch on its scheduled day.
WHO IT AFFECTS
The reminder is relevant to residents and property managers responsible for landscape irrigation. The district's Phase III schedule assigns Saturday to homes with odd-numbered or no addresses, Sunday to even-numbered homes, and Tuesday to nonresidential properties.
Lake County says most of the county lies within the St. Johns district. The county also lists subdivisions with approved alternative schedules, so residents should verify the rules for their particular property rather than assume one schedule applies everywhere.
WHAT CHANGES
Tavares has issued a timely reminder ahead of the clock change. Its notice does not announce a new water-shortage order or lift existing restrictions.
WHAT'S NEXT
Residents can check their timer and confirm their property's assigned day with their utility or water management district. Current shortage guidance should be checked alongside any ordinary seasonal schedule, especially where a property's approved schedule differs.
Government sources: City of Tavares, Oct. 28 reminder; St. Johns River Water Management District watering restrictions; Lake County water and irrigation guidance.
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