The following provides a summary of key Stage 3 water restrictions. Contact your local water corporation for further information on water restrictions that may be in place in your area.

Residential and Commercial Gardens and Lawns

Watering of lawns is banned.

Garden areas (other than lawn) may be watered only as required by a manual dripper system or hand-held hose fitted with a trigger mechanism between 6am – 8am and 8pm – 10pm; or an automated dripper system only as required between midnight - 4am; on specified days*.

Note: No other sprinkler system is allowed.

Public Gardens and Lawns

Watering of lawns is banned.

Garden areas (other than lawn) may be watered only as required by a manual dripper system or hand-held hose fitted with a trigger mechanism between 6am – 8am and 8pm – 10pm; or an automated dripper system only as required between midnight - 4am; on specified days*.

Note: No other sprinkler system is allowed.

Sporting Grounds

Watering banned on non-exempt playing surfaces, e.g. grassed oval or fairway.

Exempt surfaces (e.g. cricket pitch, tennis court, golf and bowling green, and running track) can be watered by manual dripper systems and hand-held hoses only as required between 6am - 10am and 8pm - midnight, or on automated watering systems only as required between midnight - 8am on specified days*.

Paving, concrete and other hard surfaces

Hosing banned except for construction purposes or in emergency; or for health or safety hazard.

Vehicles

Water must not be used to clean a vehicle except by means of a commercial carwash (which use less than 70 litres of water per vehicle where water is drawn from your local water corporation reticulated water system); or a bucket filled directly from a tap (and not by means of a hose) to clean vehicle windows, mirrors and lights and for spot-removing corrosive substances.

Residential or Commercial Pools and Spas

All previous exemptions are void. Cannot be filled, added to or replaced without prior written approval.

*Specified days means Sunday and Wednesday for odd-numbered properties; Saturday and Tuesday for even-numbered and unnumbered properties. No watering on Monday, Thursday and Friday.