St. Johns County water restrictions eased after shortage declaration lifted
Residents and businesses return to the standard one-day-a-week irrigation schedule after the St. Johns River Water Management District lifted St. Johns County’s Phase III water shortage declaration effective Nov. 9.
Illustrative file photo of a lawn sprinkler watering grass. Photo: Chris wade NTEZICIMPA / Pexels · Pexels License. Resized; displayed with website wordmark.
St. Johns County residents and businesses are back on the standard irrigation rules after the St. Johns River Water Management District lifted the county’s Phase III Extreme Water Shortage Declaration, effective Nov. 9. The county said increased rainfall improved groundwater and surface-water conditions enough to end the added restrictions.
During Eastern Standard Time, landscape irrigation is limited to one day a week and only before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. Saturday is for residential properties with odd-numbered addresses or no address, Sunday is for even-numbered addresses, and Tuesday is for nonresidential properties. Customers using 100% reclaimed water are exempt from the district schedule, and St. Johns County Utilities customers are encouraged to follow their subdivision-specific reclaimed-water irrigation schedules.
What do you think?
Share your perspective with your neighbors.
Free to join. Your draft stays here while you sign in.