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Sewer & Water Dept.  •  Connecting water or sewer  •  Sprinkling Regulations

Sprinkling regulations

For those consumers connected to the City of Grand Forks water system, outdoor sprinkling is limited to the following days and times:

Those premises with "even" numbered civic addresses may sprinkle on "even" numbered days (ie: 2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.).

Those premises with "odd" numbered civic addresses may sprinkle on "odd" numbered days (ie: 1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.).

MANUAL SPRINKLERS

From 7:00 am until 9:00 am
and
From 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm

AUTOMATIC TIMED UNDERGROUND SPRINKLERS

EITHER

From 12:00 am (Midnight) until 4:00 am

OR

From 7:00 am until 9:00 am
and
From 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm

BUT NOT BOTH

Sprinkling shall be permitted on the 31st day of any month as follows:

Manual Sprinklers

Those premises with "even" numbered civic addresses may sprinkle in the mornings from 7:00 am until 9:00 am.
and
Those premises with "odd" numbered civic addresses may sprinkle in the evenings from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm.

Automatic Timed Underground Sprinklers

Either

From 12:00 AM (Midnight) until 4:00 AM

OR
Those premises with "even" numbered civic addresses may sprinkle in the mornings from 7:00 am until 9:00 am.
and
Those premises with "odd" numbered civic addresses may sprinkle in the evenings from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm.

BUT NOT BOTH

Flower gardens, vegetable gardens and newly planted lawns and landscapes may be hand watered at any time using a hand held nozzle. i.e. No manual sprinklers
For New Planted Lawns and Landscapes - First Month Only

Newly planted lawns and landscapes may be sprinkled twice a day everyday from 7:00 am to 9:00 am and 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm for the first month only using either manual sprinklers or automatic timed underground sprinklers.

Automatic timed systems can be used to water up to 5 minutes per zone at a time with total watering time not to exceed 4 hours.

Newly planted lawns and landscapes may be hand watered using a hand held nozzle at any time. i.e. No manual sprinklers.

City Parks and Cemetery will adhere to the same number of hours as residential water sprinkling.