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Oro Valley bans daytime outdoor watering
Arizona Capitol Reports Staff//May 11, 2007//[read_meter]
Oro Valley is banning daytime outdoor watering, imposing mandatory water conservation during the current drought.
Effective immediately, residents and businesses in the town are forbidden from watering their plants outdoors from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — the period when water losses to evaporation are at a peak.
Violators will not be fined. Authorities believe most people will voluntarily turn off their sprinklers and drip systems during those hours because of the widespread knowledge of the current drought’s severity.
The outdoor ban is part of a package of otherwise voluntary conservation measures that the Oro Valley Town Council adopted last November as part of a drought response plan.
