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STAGES
WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE PLAN:
1 � 4 SUMMARY
■= Allowed �= Allowed but with restrictions
WATER USE 1 2 3 4
Sprinkling lawns
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs
and trees
Topping up, or filling, pools, spas, garden
ponds and waterfeatures
Hosing impermeable surfaces (driveways,
sidewalks, patios)
Using a pressure washer
Washing cars and boats
Sprinkling lawns
Mlxed-use addresses (e.g. residential and
commercial), follow "non-residential" sprinkling times
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs
and trees
Topping up, or filling, pools, spas and garden
ponds
Topping up, or filling, fountains and water
features
Hosing impermeable surfaces (driveways,
sidewalks, patios)
Using a pressure washer
Washing cars and boats
Commercial car washing
Watering golf courses
Watering commercial turf farms
Hosing artificial turf and outdoor tracks
■ = Prohibited
RESTRICTION DETAILS
Stage 1: Three mornings per week
Stage 2: One morning per week
Stages 1& 2: Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal
permit
Stage 3: Only for permits issued in Stages 1 or 2 until permit expires
Stage 3: Only hand watering or drip irrigation
Stage 2: Only for health and safety or to prepare a surface for painting
or similar treatment. Aesthetic cleaning by a commercial cleaning
company only
Stage 3: Cleaning for health and safety or to prepare a surface for
painting or similar treatment by a commercial cleaning company only.
No aesthetic cleaning
Stage 4: Unless ordered by a regulatory authority for health and safety
reasons
Same as above
Stages 1& 2: Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off nozzle
Stages 3& 4: For safety only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
Stage 1: Three mornings per week
Stage 2: One morning per week
Stages 1& 2: Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal
permit
Stage 3: Only for permits issued in Stages 1 or 2 until permit expires
Stage 3: Only hand watering or drip irrigation
Stages 2, 3& 4: All shut down
Stage 2: Only for health and safety or to prepare a surface for painting
or similar treatment. Aesthetic cleaning by a commercial company only
Stage 3: Cleaning for health and safety or to prepare a surface for
painting or similar treatment by a commercial cleaning company only.
No aesthetic cleaning
Stage 4: Unless ordered by a regulatory authority for health and safety
reasons
Same as above
Stages 1& 2: Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off
nozzle
Stages 3& 4: For safety only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
Stage 2: Water greens and tee areas normally. Water fairways once per
week
Stage 3: Water greens and tee areas minimally. Fairways must not be
watered
Stages 1, 2& 3: For health and safety only
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STAGES
WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE PLAN:
1 � 4 SUMMARY
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WATER USE
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RESTRICTION DETAILS
Stage 1: Three mornings per week
Stage 2: One morning per week
Stages 1& 2: Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal
permit
Stage 3: Only for permits issued in Stages 1 or 2 until permit expires
Stage 3: Only hand watering or drip irrigation
Stages 2& 3: Only water play parks with user-activated switches can
be operated
Stage 4: All shut down and winterization deferred until Stage 4 is lifted
Stages 2, 3& 4: All shut down
Stages 2& 3: Water minimally to maintain areas for use
Stage 2: Once per week
Stage 4: Shut down faucets except for drinking fountains with spring-
loaded shut off nozzle
Routine flushing to be scheduled outside restrictions timeframe.
Unscheduled flushing only for a health or safety reason
Stages 1& 2: Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off
nozzle
Stages 3& 4: For safety only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
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1 WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE PLAN:
RESTRICTIONS
■= Allowed �= Allowed but with restrictions ■= Prohibited
WATER USE RESTRICTION DETAILS
Sprinkling lawns
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Topping up, or filling, pools, spas, garden ponds and water
features
Hosing impermeable surfaces (driveways, sidewalks, patios)
Using a pressure washer
Washing cars and boats
Sprinkling lawns
Mixed-use addresses (e.g. residential and commercial),
follow "non-residential" sprinkling tlmes
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Topping up, or filling, pools, spas and garden ponds
Topping up, or filling, fountains and water features
Hosing impermeable surfaces (driveways, sidewalks, patios)
Using a pressure washer
Washing cars and boats
Commercial car washing
Watering golf courses
Watering commercial turf farms
Hosing artificial turf and outdoor tracks
Sprinkling lawns and grassed boulevards
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Operating water play parks and pools
Topping up, or filling, fountains and water features
Watering school yards, sports and sand-based playing fields
Watering municipal parks
Flushing hydrants
Washing cars and boats
In effect: May 15 - October 15
Even numbered addresses: Mon, Wed, Sat 4- 9 am
Odd numbered addresses: Tues, Thurs, Sun 4- 9 am
Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal permit to be
displayed on lawn
Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off nozzle
In effect: May 15 - October 15
Even numbered addresses: Mon, Wed 1- 6 am
Odd numbered addresses: Tues, Thurs 1- 6 am
All: Fridays 4- 9 am
Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal permit to be
displayed on lawn
Includes hotels, clubs, gyms
Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off nozzle
Includes: autobody, car dealerships, marinas
Operators should reduce water use on fairways as much as possible
For health and safety only
In effect: May 15 - October 15
Even numbered addresses: Mon, Wed 1- 6 am
Odd numbered addresses: Tues, Thurs 1- 6 am
All: Fridays 4- 9 am
Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal permit to be
displayed on lawn
Water minimally to maintain areas for use
Routine flushing to be scheduled outside restrictions timeframe.
Unscheduled flushing only for a health or safety reason
Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off nozzle
� metrovancouver THE RESTRICTIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE USE OF TREATED GVWD DRINKING WATER AND
_ SERVICESANDSOLUTIONSFORALIVABLEREGION NOT TO THE USE OF RAIN WATER, GREY WATER, OR ANY FORM OF RECYCLED WATER
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2 WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE PLAN:
RESTRICTIONS
■= Allowed �= Allowed but with restrictions ■= Prohibited
WATER USE
Sprinkling lawns
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Topping up, or filling, pools, spas, garden ponds and water
features
Hosing impermeable surfaces (driveways, sidewalks, patios)
Using a pressure washer
Washing cars and boats
Sprinkling lawns
Mixed-use addresses (e.g. residential and commercial),
follow "non-residential" sprinkling times
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Topping up, or filling, pools, spas and garden ponds
Topping up, or filling, fountains and water features
Hosing impermeable surfaces <driveways, sidewalks patios)
Using a pressure washer
Washing cars and boats
Commercial car washing
Watering golf courses
Watering commercial turf farms
Hosing artificial turf and outdoor tracks
Sprinkling lawns and grassed boulevards
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Operating water play parks and pools
Topping up, or filling, fountains and water features
Watering school yards, sports and sand-based playing fields
Watering municipal parks
Flushing hydrants
Washing cars and boats
RESTRICTION DETAILS
Only once per week
Even numbered addresses: Mon 4- 9 am
Odd numbered addresses: Thurs 4- 9 am
Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal permit to be
displayed on lawn
Allowed for health and safety, or to prepare a surface for painting
or similar treatment. Aesthetic cleaning by a commercial cleaning
company only. Must use automatic or spring-loaded shut off nozzle
Same as above
Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off nozzle
Only once per week
Even numbered addresses: Wed 1- 6 am
Odd numbered addresses: Tues 1- 6 am
Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal permit to be
displayed on lawn
Includes hotels, clubs, gyms
All shut down
Allowed for health and safety, or to prepare a surface for painting
or similar treatment. Aesthetic cleaning by a commercial cleaning
company only. Must use automatic or spring loaded shut off nozzle.
Same as above
Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off nozzle
Includes: autobody, car dealerships, marinas
Water greens and tee areas normally. Water fairways once per week.
Operators encouraged to display signs noting use of non-GVWD
water, if applicable
For health and safety only
Only once per week
Even numbered addresses: Wed 1- 6 am
Odd numbered addresses: Tues 1- 6 am
Sprinkling outside restricted times requires a municipal permit to be
displayed on lawn
Only water play parks with user-activated switches can be operated
All shut down
Water minimally to maintain areas for use
Only once per week
Even numbered addresses: Wed 1- 6 am
Odd numbered addresses: Tues 1- 6 am
Routine flushing to be scheduled outside restrictions timeframe.
Unscheduled flushing only for a health or safety reason
Hose must have automatic or spring-loaded shut off nozzle
� metrovancouver THE RESTRICTIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE USE OF TREATED GVWD DRINKING WATER AND
_ SERVICESANDSOLUTIONSFORALIVABLEREGION NOT TO THE USE OF RAIN WATER, GREY WATER, OR ANY FORM OF RECYCLED WATER
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3 WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE PLAN:
RESTRICTIONS
■= Allowed �= Allowed but with restrictions ■= Prohibited
WATER USE RESTRICTION DETAILS
Sprinkling lawns
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Topping up, or filling, pools, spas, garden ponds and water
features
Hosing impermeable surfaces (driveways, sidewalks, patios)
Using a pressure washer
Washing cars and boats
Sprinkling lawns
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Topping up, or filling, pools, spas and garden ponds
Topping up, or filling, fountains and water features
Hosing impermeable surfaces (driveways, sidewalks, patios)
Using a pressure washer
Washing cars and boats
Commercial car washing
Watering golf courses
Watering commercial turf farms
Hosing artificial turf and outdoor tracks
Sprinkling lawns and grassed boulevards
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Operating water play parks and pools
Topping up, or filling, fountains and water features
Watering school yards, sports and sand-based playing fields
Watering municipal parks
Flushing hydrants
Washing cars and boats
No new permits issued or renewed. Permits issued in Stages 1 or 2
remain in effect until permit expires
No use of sprinklers. Allowed only by hand using a spring-loaded or
automatic shutoff nozzle, containers, or drip irrigation
All shut down
No aesthetic cleaning. Allowed for health and safety, or to prepare
a surface for painting or similar treatment. To be done by a
commercial cleaning company only. Must use automatic or spring-
loaded shut off nozzle
Same as above
For safety purposes only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
No new permits issued or renewed. Permits issued in Stage 1 or 2
remain in effect until permit expires
No use of sprinklers. Allowed only by hand using a spring-loaded or
automatic shutoff nozzle, containers, or drip irrigation
All shut down
All shut down
No aesthetic cleaning. Allowed for health and safety purposes or to
prepare a surface for painting or similar treatment. To be done by a
commercial cleaning company only. Must use automatic or spring-
loaded shut off nozzle
Same as above
For safety purposes only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
Includes: autobody, car dealerships, marinas
Water greens and tee areas minimally. Fairways must not be
watered. Operators encouraged to display signs noting use of non-
GVWD water, if applicable
For health and safety only
No new permits issued or renewed. Permits issued in Stages 1 or 2
remain in effect until permit expires
No use of sprinklers. Allowed only by hand using a spring-loaded or
automatic shut off nozzle, containers, or drip irrigation
Only water play parks with user-activated switches can be operated
All shut down
Water minimally to maintain areas for use
Routine flushing to be scheduled outside restrictions timeframe.
Unscheduled flushing only for a health or safety reason
For safety purposes only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
� metrovancouver THE RESTRICTIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE USE OF TREATED GVWD DRINKING WATER AND
_ SERVICESANDSOLUTIONSFORALIVABLEREGION NOT TO THE USE OF RAIN WATER, GREY WATER, OR ANY FORM OF RECYCLED WATER
STAG E
4 WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE PLAN:
RESTRICTIONS
■= Allowed �= Allowed but with restrictions ■= Prohibited
WATER USE RESTRICTION DETAILS
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Sprinkling lawns and grassed boulevards
Sprinkling new, unestablished lawns
Watering flowers, vegetables, planters, shrubs and trees
Operating water play parks and pools
Topping up, or filling, fountains and water features
Watering school yards, sports and sand-based playing fields
Watering municipal parks
Flushing hydrants
Washing cars and boats
Prohibited. No new permits issued or renewed
All shut down
Prohibited unless ordered by a regulatory authority for health and
safety (e.g. WorkSafe, public health inspector)
Same as above
For safety purposes only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
Prohibited. No new permits issued or renewed
All shut down
All shut down
Prohibited unless ordered by a regulatory authority for health and
safety (e.g. WorkSafe, public health inspector)
Same as above
For safety purposes only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
Includes: autobody, car dealerships, marinas
All shut down
Winterization to be deferred until Stage 4 is lifted
All shut down
Shut down faucets except for drinking fountains with spring-loaded
shut off nozzle
Routine flushing to be scheduled outside restrictions timeframe.
Unscheduled flushing only for health or safety reason
For safety purposes only (windows, lights, mirrors, licence plates)
� metrovancouver THE RESTRICTIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE USE OF TREATED GVWD DRINKING WATER AND
_ SERVICESANDSOLUTIONSFORALIVABLEREGION NOT TO THE USE OF RAIN WATER, GREY WATER, OR ANY FORM OF RECYCLED WATER