Whitemark Stage 2 Water Restrictions

What do stage 2 water restrictions mean?
The aim of stage 2 restrictions is to reduce non-essential water usage by 50 percent of average consumption.

Residential, public and commercial gardens and lawns
 Garden watering is restricted to allocated days *** during the following times:

• Manual watering systems:  6am - 8am, and 8pm - 10pm*

• Automatic watering systems:  12am - 4am**

• Handheld hoses with a trigger nozzle, a bucket or watering cans: may be used at any time

• Watering of lawns is not permitted at any time.

Sporting grounds
 Watering of sports grounds is restricted to allocated*** days during the following times:

• Manual watering systems: 6am - 8am, 8pm and 10pm*

• Automatic watering systems: 12am and 4am**

• Handheld hoses with a trigger nozzle, a bucket or watering can be used at any time.

Paving, concrete and other hard surfaces

• Spot cleaning for safety, health, animal welfare or emergency reasons with a hose fitted with a trigger nozzle or with high pressure cleaning equipment is permitted

• For construction, using water for dust or pollutant suppression, or earth compaction by means of a hose fitted with a flow cut-off device or a vehicle fitted with sprinklers is permitted

• Hosing for general cleaning of hard surfaces such as paths, driveways and paved areas is not permitted at any time.

Washing vehicles

• A bucket, high pressure cleaning device or commercial car wash can be used at any time

• A handheld hose fitted with a trigger is not permitted for pre-rinsing and rinsing at home.

Residential or commercial pools and spas

• Emptying and refilling existing pools, and filling new pools and spas:

• Up to 2,000 litres: may only be refilled, or filled for the first time, using a hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, a bucket or automatic water top-up device

• More than 2,000 litres may only be refilled, or filled for the first time when the property owner has an approved Exemption – swimming pool or spa filling from TasWater

• Topping up pools and spas:

• May only be topped up using a hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, a bucket, or automatic water top-up device for a maximum of 15 minutes per day only to replace water lost through evaporation, not removed for other purposes.

*Manual watering systems are those that physically require a tap to be turned on, this includes taps with shut off timers

**Automatic watering systems are any systems that include electronic control units

*** Allocated days:

Odd-numbered properties may water on odd dates for example the 1st, 3rd, 5th and so on

Even and no-numbered properties may water on even dates for example the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and so on;

All properties may water on the 31st of any month or the 29th of February