“We have had these restrictions in place for the past two years and the citizens of Miami-Dade County know the rules. Making the restrictions permanent does not change a thing,” said District 13 Commissioner Natacha Seijas, the sponsor of the ordinance.  “Water conservation has become a way of life in Miami-Dade County. Our residents have achieved tremendous savings. We are saving almost 40 million gallons a day because of water conservation policies and practices.”

Highlights of the ordinance include:

• A continuation of current policy: Landscape irrigation is allowed from midnight to 10 a.m., and from 4 p.m. to midnight, on days corresponding to property addresses, as follows:
  
  • Even-numbered addresses (ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8) on Thursdays and Sundays
    
  • Odd-numbered addresses (ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) on Wednesdays and Saturdays
    
  • In other words, no watering between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on any day of the week
    
• A new policy provision: Irrigation of new landscaping is allowed every day for 90 days from the day of planting – save the receipt with date of purchase.

For more information on water conservation in Miami-Dade County, please visit http://www.miamidade.gov/conservation/.