Updated 10:04 a.m. Aug. 31
Jersey Village residents are restricted to watering their lawns to two days a week after the city downgraded its drought restrictions to Stage 1, according to an Aug. 31 press release.
According to the news release, Jersey Village has a mandatory 10% water reduction goal from the city of Houston—with which the city has a wholesale water purchase contract—and Jersey Village staff determined a Stage 1 drought would be sufficient to meet that goal.
Zooming in
Under a Stage 1 drought, the use of water for irrigation purposes is limited to designated watering days between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. on:
- Mondays and Thursdays for residents with even addresses
- Tuesdays and Fridays for residents with odd addresses
Posted at 9:46 a.m. Aug. 28
Residents in Jersey Village are now under mandatory water restrictions after the city entered a Stage 2 drought Aug. 28, according to an Aug. 25 news release.
What’s happening?
Citing requirements laid out in the city’s wholesale water purchase contract with the city of Houston, Jersey Village is now in a Stage 2 drought, which comes with mandatory water restrictions, according to the news release.
The city of Houston entered a Stage 2 drought Aug. 27, Community Impact previously reported.
The details
According to the news release, under a Stage 2 drought, water use is limited to designated watering days between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. for the following purposes:
- Lawn watering with even-numbered addresses limited to watering on Mondays and odd-numbered addresses limited to watering on Fridays
- Washing vehicles
- Using water to fill pools
- Watering golf course greens, tees and fairways
Additionally, the use of water to maintain fountains or ponds that do not support aquatic life or to wash sidewalks, walkways or other hard-surface areas is prohibited.
Learn more
Read about the city’s criteria for its drought stages here.
