PERMANENT WATER WASTE PROHIBITIONS

Pasadena's amended Water Shortage Procedures Ordinance(PMC 13.10) will take effect in early summer 2009 and will include these and other permanent prohibitions on water waste:

• NO watering outdoors between 9am and 6pm, except with a hand held container or hose with a shut-off nozzle, or for very short periods when adjusting a sprinkler system;


• NO watering during periods of rain;


• NO excessive water flow or runoff from watering or irrigating landscapes or vegetation of any kind;


• NO washing down paved surfaces unless ofr safety or sanitation, in which case a bucket, a hose with a shut-off nozzle, a cleaning machine that recycles water or a low-volume/high pressure water broom must be used;


• ALL property owners must fix leaks, breaks, or malfunctions when they find them, or within 7 days of receiving a notice from PWP;


• Fountains and water features must have a re-circulating water system;


• Vehicles must be washed with a hand-held bucket and/or hose equipped with a water shut-off nozzle(does not apply to commercial car washes);


• Restaurants may serve drinking water only by request and must use water-saving dish wash spray valves.

FULL DETAILS ON THE WATER WASTE PROHIBITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT

http://www.pasadenasaveswater.com/ OR BY CALLING THE WATER SHORTAGE HOTLINE AT 626.744.8888