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2018
Annual Drinking Water Quality Report • Section 3
Six Easy Tips to Save Water in Your Lawns and Gardens
1 If you must, water your lawn when it’s cooler – in the early morning or late evening – to reduce water loss from evaporation. Please follow all township irrigation rules.
2 Don’t water the lawn on windy days because much of it will be lost to evaporation.
3 Set up your sprinklers so they're not spraying the sidewalk or driveway. Not only does that squander water supplies, it can also wash polluting fertilizers and pesticides into sewer systems.
4 Turn your sprinklers off when rain is expected, and set up a system with rain/moisture sensors if you have automatic sprinklers.
5 Use a drip irrigation system instead of a hose or sprinkler to water your garden, and hand-water your lawn or garden instead of using sprinklers when possible – you could cut your water use in half.
6 Set lawn mower blades one notch higher because longer grass = less evaporation.
IMPORTANT OUTDOOR WATER USE RESTRICTIONS
Clinton Township Water Irrigation Rules are Mandatory
Beginning May 15 and extending through October 15 of each calendar year, the Charter Township of Clinton will enforce the following mandatory irrigation and outdoor water use restrictions as well as limitations on water use during emergencies. These new rules have been adopted in order to receive the best price possible for water and sewer services provided by the Great Lakes Water Authority.
Properties with even numbered addresses may irrigate on even numbered dates of the month. Properties with odd numbered addresses may irrigate their lawns and gardens on odd numbered dates of the month.
Properties with automatic or manually activated irrigation systems connected to the municipal water system must follow these restrictions that have been adopted in order to reduce water demand during peak usage hours.
You are prohibited from watering your lawns or gardens between the hours of 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. EST.
A property with a newly seeded or newly sodded lawn may for the first 21 days following planting irrigate their lawn as needed, except for between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Properties with manual irrigation systems such as garden hoses and sprinklers not connected to an automatic system must follow these rules:
Irrigation is prohibited between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. During any other hours the irrigation must be attended to or monitored by the user.
In the event of a water emergency, the Charter Township of Clinton is authorized to prohibit or limit the following water uses: sprinkling of lawns and/or gardens and/or private car washing. Prior notice of this action will be provided unless emergency circumstances prohibit such a warning