This information relates to permanent water conservation measures which apply to all customers not covered by level 3 or Eyre Peninsula restrictions.

WATERING GARDENS, GROUNDS, NURSERIES:

 Public or private gardens, recreational areas, sports grounds or nurseries can be watered:

• By hand (through a hand-held hose, from a bucket or watering can); or
• Through a drip-feed irrigation system; or
• Where the watering takes place through a sprinkler - after 5pm and before 10am on any day (or, when daylight saving is in force, after 6pm and before 10am).
• This measure now applies to public or private gardens, recreation areas, sports grounds and nurseries.

SPORTS GROUNDS & RECREATIONAL FACILITIES:
See “Watering Gardens, Grounds, Nurseries”

PAVED AREAS, WALLS OR ROOFS:
Hosing down External Paved Areas

No hosing down of external paved areas with water at any time unless it is absolutely necessary to do so:

• To protect public health; or
• To ensure the safety of people using the area; or
• To ensure the health and welfare of animals using the area; or
• To deal with fire, accident or other emergency.

CLEANING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, BOATS:

Water must not be used to clean a motor vehicle or boat unless the water is applied:

• From a bucket or watering can filled directly from a tap; or 
• By a high-pressure low volume water cleaner; or
• From a hand-held hose that is fitted with a trigger nozzle
• Motor vehicles or boats can be cleaned at a commercial car wash or by means of an automatic washing system that recycles water.
• Boat motors may be flushed or rinsed after use.

CONSTRUCTION SITES:

• Water must not be used to control dust or other pollutants resulting from building works unless the water is applied from a hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, or directly from a motor vehicle designed to carry and deposit water.

COMMERCIAL NURSERIES AND GARDEN CENTRES:
See Watering Gardens, Grounds, Nurseries

MORE INFORMATION:

SA Water Loss Fact Sheet

DEFINITIONS:
Drip-feed irrigation system - means an irrigation system (including a micro-jet system) that delivers water to plants in drops or other small quantities by means of underground or surface pipes or tubes.

Micro-jet system - means an irrigation system that delivers water through water-misting spray heads at a flow rate of not more than 0.5 litres of water per minute per outlet.

High pressure low volume water cleaner - means a device, fitted with a trigger nozzle, that forces water, by means of a pump, at high pressure through the trigger nozzle at a flow rate of less than 9 litres per minute.

Trigger nozzle - means a device that automatically shuts off the flow of water through a hose or other item to which it is attached (or of which it forms a part) unless pressure is maintained by hand on a trigger or other mechanism forming part of the device.

External paved area - means any area outside a building (whether or not it is sheltered by a roof) which is covered in paving, concrete, bitumen or other material. Walls, windows and roofs are excluded.