Effective April 1, 2008 the following rules will apply to outdoor water use within the City of Ball Ground.

Hand watering will be allowed for 25 minutes per day on an odd-even schedule between midnight and 10 a.m.  Odd numbered addresses can water on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.  Even numbered addresses can water Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.  Hand watering is defined as one person with one garden hose with a spray nozzle that shuts off when it is released.

New professionally installed landscape can be watered up to three days a week from midnight to 10 a.m. for a period of 10 weeks based on the odd/even schedule.  The new schedule will help ensure the survival of the new landscape without requiring more water than what is being used under the current 30 day exemption.

Anyone wishing to water new professionally installed landscape must register with the Outdoor Water Use Registration Program.  The program will be hosted on the Urban Agricultural Council web site at www.urbanagcouncil.com beginning April 1, 2008 when these watering exemptions take effect.