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Polk County landscaper advises residents on new watering schedule

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POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Utilities is one of the latest utilities working to preserve water across the Tampa Bay area.

What You Need To Know

  • Polk County Utilities is the latest to enforce a new once-per-week lawn watering schedule due to below-average rainfall and low water levels

  • Watering is limited to specific days and times based on street address, with schedules running before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m.

  • Local landscapers warn that the restrictions may not be enough to maintain healthy lawns


Officials recently announced it will enforce the Modified Phase II water shortage order issued by the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The restrictions apply to the following areas:

Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota and Sumter counties; portions of Charlotte, Highlands and Lake counties; the city of Dunnellon and The Villages in Marion County; and the portion of Gasparilla Island in Lee County.

Starting this Sunday, residents and businesses can only water their lawns once a week. The new watering schedule is due to below-average rainfall and low water levels in area water resources.

However, Eric Myers, owner of Myerscapes Environmental, says that may not be enough to maintain a healthy landscape.

“The limitations on irrigating your yard, it’s going to cause a lot of damage to sod and everybody’s plants and foliage is going to start dying off. If they can’t irrigate, it’s going to be a lot of unhappy people,” Myers said.

While the restrictions could mean more business for him, Myers says he is more concerned about how they will impact his customers.

“Everybody doesn’t have tons of money to put into their yards to keep it properly maintained and looking good,” he said.

With that said, Myers recommends residents water their yards for at least 20 minutes on their designated day. Even then, he says a healthy lawn is not guaranteed.

Polk County Utilities says watering hours are assigned to one day per week based on address and must take place before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m.

Details of the once-per-week watering schedule are as follows:

  • Addresses ending in 0 or 1 may only water on Mondays.
  • Addresses ending in 2 or 3 may only water on Tuesdays.
  • Addresses ending in 4 or 5 may only water on Wednesdays.
  • Addresses ending in 6 or 7 may only water on Thursdays.
  • Addresses ending in 8 or 9, along with locations for which an address cannot be determined (such as common areas associated with a subdivision), may only water on Fridays.

The new schedule begins Sunday and is expected to remain in place through July 1.

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