Restrictions have been eased to Level 3 from 1 September 2020. Total water storage across the LGA remains at moderate levels. Water customers are asked to continue to conserve water.
Residential target water consumption is 180 litres per person per day.
The following restrictions apply to the use of water supplied through the water reticulation system in the Armidale Regional Council area:
| Activity |
Level 3 |
| Domestic |
|
| Garden sprinklers and fixed hoses |
Banned at all times |
Hand held hoses (with trigger nozzle), drip irrigation for lawns/garden
|
2 hours only* (Sunday & Wednesday) |
| Buckets/cans to water gardens and lawns |
Yes |
| Watering new turf for up to six weeks |
2 hours* (Monday & Thursday) |
| Vehicle washing (Buckets only. NO hoses) |
NOT between 9am - 4pm during the heat of the day |
| Washing down hard surfaces - pressure cleaners and hand-held hoses |
Banned at all times |
| Private swimming pools |
Filling - NO.
Topping up - Buckets only |
| Evaporative coolers |
Yes |
| Water carting & filling stations |
Only for internal domestic use. Not for other uses. |
| Commercial & Industrial |
|
| General use (excluding lawns and gardens) |
Target for 15% reduction in overall usage |
| Landscaping (including lawns and gardens) |
2 hours only (Monday & Thursday) |
| Irrigation of sports areas |
2 hours only (Monday & Thursday) |
| What Council is doing |
|
Watering in public parks, gardens & facilities
|
One watering cycle per field (Monday & Thursday) Premium sports fields and parks only |
| Council aquatic centres |
Pools - initial filling and topping up Lawn areas - one watering cycle Monday and Thursday |
Roadworks & grading
|
Council is continuing to utilise non potable water wherever possible |
| Tree planting |
Reused water wherever possible |
* Any reference to 2 hours of restricted watering means between the hours of 6am & 8am OR 6pm & 8pm during daylight saving and 5pm & 7pm at all other times.