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Carrollton's Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader or print a quick reference watering schedule. What is your water footprint? Use the H2O calculator to find out.Where does all the water go?Landscape irrigation accounts for most of the water consumption for the average Carrollton residence in the spring and summer months. Water conservation does not mean digging up a lush lawn and planting prickly pear cactus in a bed of gravel. It does mean that we have to be more efficient in how we use water for keeping our plants alive during North Texas’ hot, dry summers. To do so, we have to encourage healthier root systems by less frequent watering of grasses. The city’s Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan promotes an irrigation frequency of no more than twice a week between May 1 and September 30 each year. During severe drought periods, these limits will become mandatory. These dates can be extended due to drought conditions at the request of the City Manager. Carrollton's Landscape Water Management OrdinancePreventing waste is an important part of conserving water. Under Carrollton’s Landscape Water Management Ordinance, these wasteful practices are prohibited:
Weather-based irrigation controllers or smart sprinkler controllersSmart sprinkler controllers reduce outdoor water use by monitoring environmental conditions such as rain, wind, temperature, soil moisture, slope and plant type and using this information to adjust the amount of water each time a property owner’s irrigation system operates. With smart sprinkler controllers, the right amount of water can be applied to maintain healthy plants.
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