Sprinklers & Daylight Savings Time

TIME TO SWITCH YOUR SPRINKLERS TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME; CITY OF FRISCO'S
WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IN EFFECT

(March 19, 2010) When you adjusted your clocks for Daylight Saving Time (DST), did you remember to adjust your sprinklers? As part of the City of
Frisco's Water Management Plan, time of day restrictions begin with DST.

This year DST runs from March 14 through November 7. During DST outdoor watering is not allowed between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. and between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

These watering times were adopted to help reduce what Public Works Director Gary Hartwell calls a "water traffic jam." "In addition to requiring no watering during the heat of the day due to evaporation, Frisco chose to adopt the 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. hours to offset the demand for water when residents are getting ready for work and school," said Hartwell.

The plan also recommends limiting outdoor watering to two-days-per-week with the start of Daylight Saving Time through June 30. From July 1 through September 30, two-day-a-week watering becomes mandatory for the summer months. The mandatory watering schedule coincides with residents'
trash and recycling service day plus an additional day. The watering day schedule is available to view online at FriscoTexas.gov/water.

Restrictions apply to automatic sprinkler systems. Hand watering, soaker hoses, and drip/bubbler systems are allowed at any time on any day of the year.

"Some of our residents wonder why we exercise water restrictions given our recent snowy and wet months, and the fact that North Texas isn't experiencing drought at this time," said Mayor Maher Maso. "As a member of the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) we work collectively as a region to promote water efficiency because it's important to the prospective development of reservoirs for future generations. We always
encourage our residents to use what they need, but don't waste water. Use it wisely and efficiently."

Help with any of your outdoor watering questions is always available online at FriscoTexas.gov/water. There you can also read the complete
contents of the City of Frisco Water Management Plan. The Frisco City
Council adopted the plan in April 2009 to comply with a state law that required Texas cities to adopt and/or update their water conservation and drought contingency plans.