Level one water restrictions put in place throughout Merritt

MERRITT – Due to the hot weather, the City of Merritt has entered into level one water restrictions.

“As a general rule, the City of Merritt asks all residents to be mindful of water usage and practice sound water conservation principles, particularly in the hot, dry summer months, where residents typically use 2.5 times greater amounts of water than the winter months, mostly due to lawn watering,” said the City of Merritt. “It is worthy of noting that most well established lawns can go dormant and brown in the summer without any long-term damage.”

In part of level one restrictions, residents can only manually water on certain days and during certain times.

• Even numbered houses
  • Monday, Wednesday, Friday
    • 6:00 a.m.- 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
• Odd numbered houses
  • Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
    • 6:00 a.m.- 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
• No watering from any residence allowed on Sundays

Automatic irrigation will be allowed on designated days between 12:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m..

Also included in the restrictions, watering of plants and washing of vehicles is still allowed at any time.

When is comes to pools, the City says kiddie pools are still allowed to be filled up, along with refilling spas and topping up swimming pools.

Current watering restrictions are now in effect until further notice.