Water restrictions to be eased a bit on April 1
Starting on April 1, three-day-a-week hand watering will be allowed between midnight and 10am, though you won’t be allowed to use sprinklers. Professionally-installed landscaping can be watered three days a week as well, but you must take an online class at the Urban Agriculture Council’s Website before you’ll be allowed to do so.
Cities and counties could choose to continue the current water restrictions, but Gov. Perdue is advising them not to.
An announcement concerning swimming pool refilling is expected sometime this afternoon.
February 7th, 2008 at 12:23 am
That sounds reasonable if there isn’t a critical situation. I hand water only after planing some shrub that is drought resistant after it gets established. then it doesn’t need water.
I would be upset if there was all this new development and I couldn’t save my shubs I planted the year before.
February 7th, 2008 at 9:28 am
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