Dos and Don'ts for sprinklers and outdoor use

You can

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  • Water a commercial market garden or plant nursery
  • Water lawns and gardens using irrigation systems with sprinklers or drippers on your watering days, EITHER once in the morning before 9am or once in the evening after 6pm
  • Water lawns and gardens with a hand held hose or watering can
  • You can apply for an exemption for additional watering times/days if you are establishing a new lawn or garden. Please refer to 'Watering Exemptions' page under 'Sprinklers and Outdoor Use' section.
  • Top up a swimming pool
  • Fill a new swimming pool or spa
  • Wash your car
  • Use a high pressure water cleaner or hand held hose to spray buildings, building sites, demolition sites, paths, paved areas and roads to:
    • fight fires;
    • avoid a threat to public health or safety (eg: cleaning a chemical spill); and
    • construct, demolish or repair buildings, paved areas and roads.
  • Employ a professional in the turf, garden or landscaping industries to install, maintain, test or repair your irrigation system outside your allowed watering days and times.

You can't

  • Water lawns and gardens using irrigation systems with sprinkler or drippers in the Perth-Mandurah area and the South-West area during winter (ie. June 1 to August 31).
  • Water gardens and lawns using irrigation systems in BOTH the morning and evening of your allocated watering days.
  • Water lawns and gardens using irrigation systems between the hours of 9am and 6pm.
  • Clean driveways, walls or windows of buildings with a hose.
  • Run your irrigation outside your allowed watering days or times to:
    • see if the system is operating; or
    • adjust sprays on sprinklers.