Winterization
The season is changing. Late fall brings freezing temperatures
and the potential for frozen pipes and hoses. You can be proactive and prepare for fall
freezing by draining all your hoses, irrigation pipes / lines & insulate your outdoor spigots with Spigot Protectors and Heat Tape or Pipe Wrap any exposed pipes, both indoors and outdoors. Spigot Protectors, Heat Tape & Pipe Wrap can be found at
most hardware or home and garden stores. These are easy to install and can
protect your home from frozen and bursting pipes and the expensive water bills
and fixes that come afterward.
If your pipes do burst or freeze, one of the first steps in protecting your home from flooding is to use a home shut-off valve.
Smart Watering
During the dry summer months, outdoor watering often doubles our community’s daily average drinking water demand from 10 to 20 million gallons per day. This places an extra strain on the City’s drinking water supply. Watering lawns and landscapes accounts for 80-90% of the increase. Nearly half of this water is wasted due to evaporation loss, over-watering and run-off.
Our climate with moist, mild winters and dry summers allows residents to have a green lawn for most of the year without additional watering. Consider letting your grass go dormant during the summer. Though your lawn will “Go Gold” without added water, it will green up when the rain returns in the fall. If you choose to water your lawn, remember to follow the schedule:
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | No Watering | Even | Odd | Even | Odd | Even |
Residents are asked to limit watering to the following schedule to help reduce stress on the City’s drinking water supply from June 1 to September 15 annually:
- Odd numbered street addresses water only on Wednesdays, Fridays, and/or Sundays.
- Even numbered street addresses water only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and/or Saturdays.
- No outdoor watering on Mondays to allow the City’s reservoirs to recharge.