Free Water Assessment Program
Did you know that we offer landscape and irrigation reviews that may help you save water and money?
FOWD experts are available to come to your residence and examine your existing irrigation system, before offering recommendations that should make your system more effective and efficient. In addition to the assessment, the FOWD representative will also provide you with a complete, written report and suggested timelines for best irrigation and planting. Ultra-low flow retro-fit kits are also provided for indoor savings.
Making use of these suggestions and services can save you money and thousands of gallons of water every year. Are you interested? Please contact the Customer Service Department at customerservice@fowd.com or call (916) 967-5723, to schedule an appointment and start saving water.
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Water Conservation Measures
We are currently in “Stage One (1) - Normal Water Supply”. The following better explains what these various water stages mean to the FOWD and you:
Stage One (1) – “Normal Water Supply”
Water will be used in a beneficial manner: all non-beneficial use of water is prohibited.
- Water use shall be confined to the customer’s property, and shall not be allowed to run-off to adjoining property, roadside ditch, or gutter.
- Outside automated irrigation systems shall not be permitted to operate between the hours of 12:00 Noon and 6:00 p.m. daily.
- Outside manual irrigation shall not be permitted between the hours of 12:00 Noon and 6:00 p.m. daily.
- Automatic shut-off devices on garden hoses or filling apparatus’ shall be used. Free-flowing hoses for water application (i.e. vehicle and equipment washing, ponds, irrigating, evaporative coolers, and livestock watering troughs) is prohibited.
- Leaking customer pipes, pools, spas, fountains, ponds or faulty irrigation systems shall be addressed promptly. Upon notification by the District, leaks shall be repaired within five (5) days (or less or as conditions warrant) or service shall be terminated immediately and subject to reconnection charges. The termination procedure is independent of Enforcement (need link) section herein.
- Pools, spas, fountains and ponds shall be equipped with recalculating pumps, and shall be constructed to be “leak-proof.” Pools and spas shall be filtered and treated to minimize draining and refilling operations. Pool draining and refilling shall be performed only for health or maintenance considerations as recommended by a recognized pool professional. Said professional shall attest in letter form, and the FOWD to concur with the reason(s) for the pool draining, before the pool is drained.
- Washing or hydraulic sweeping of streets, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, patios, tennis courts or building is allowed only for health or sanitary considerations.
Stage Two (2) – “Water Alert”
Upon implementation by the FOWD of “Stage Two (2)”, the following mandatory requirements shall apply to all customers, in addition to the aforementioned, mandatory requirements of “Stage One (1)”, except as superseded herein:
- Outside automated irrigating systems shall not operate between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 Midnight daily, in addition to the 12:00 Noon to 6:00 p.m. restriction.
- Restaurants shall serve water only upon specific request.
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