Water restrictions - Stage 2

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Residential, public, and commercial gardens

Watering your garden

Allocated** days only

 

**Odd numbered properties may water on odd dates.
Even and no-numbered properties may water on even dates.
All properties may water on the 31st of any month or the 29th of February.

Manual watering systems 

You can use manual watering systems
between 6am - 8am and 8pm - 10pm.

Automatic watering systems

You can activate automatic watering
systems between midnight - 4am.

Handheld watering

Anytime on allocated day

Lawns

NOT PERMITTED

Sporting grounds

Watering sporting grounds

Allocated days only

Automatic watering systems

You can activate automatic watering
systems between midnight - 4am.

Handheld watering

Handheld hoses fitted with a trigger 
nozzle, buckets or watering cans be used anytime on allocated days

Paving, concrete and other hard surfaces

Spot cleaning

Spot cleaning for safety, health, 
animal welfare or emergency reasons
with a hose fitted with a trigger nozzle 
or with high pressure cleaning 
equipment is permitted

Construction

Using water for dust or pollutant
suppression, or earth compaction by means
of a hose fitted with a flow cut-off device or
a vehicle fitted with sprinklers is permitted

General cleaning

Hosing for general cleaning of hard 
surfaces such as paths, driveways and 
paved areas is not permitted at any time

Washing vehicles

Option 2

A bucket or high pressure cleaning
device can be used on allocated days;

Option 2

A commercial car wash can be
used at any time;

Option 3

A handheld hose is not permitted
at any time;

Residential or commercial pools & spas

Emptying and refilling pools

Up to 2,000 litres: may only be refilled, or
filled for the first time, using a handheld
hose with a trigger nozzle, a bucket or
automatic water top up device.

More than 2,000 litres: may only be
refilled, or filled for the first time when the
property owner has an approved
Exemption from TasWater.

Topping up pools & spas

May only be topped up using methods described in Stage 1, for a maximum of 15 minutes per day only to replace water lost through evaporation, not removed for other purposes.

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