Activities prohibited under Stage 2

  • Lawn watering, including schools and City lawns, parks, and grass boulevards
  • Topping up or filling pools, hot tubs, ornamental fountains or water features
  • Operating water spray parks (unless it is equipped with user-activated switches)

Water restrictions will be strictly enforced by the City according to the Bylaw Contravention Fines (see Schedule 13).

Activities permitted during Stage 2

Watering trees, shrubs, and flowers

  • Residential: 5 to 9am for sprinklers, any day.
  • Non-residential: 4 to 9am for sprinklers, any day.
  • Water at any time, any day, if hand watering or using drip irrigation.

Other permitted activities

  • Water your edible plants garden at any time. 
  • Wash a car or a boat any day at any time with a handheld hose on a gravel or paved area where wash water cannot enter any stormwater drains. We recommend using a commercial car wash that uses less water and treats the wastewater.
  • Wash or pressure wash outdoor surfaces any day at any time with a handheld hose or pressure washer.
  • Watering of fairways is allowed once a week, except when operating under an approved Water Use Plan
  • Watering soil-based playing fields is allowed no more than 4 days per week between 7pm and 9pm, except:
    • if watering newly seeded fields with a valid and subsisting Special Sprinkling Permit – New Lawn; or
    • if operating under an approved Water Use Plan. 
  • An automatic shut-off device (spray nozzle) is required on hoses.

For moe information, see the City of Surrey Website.

https://www.surrey.ca/services-payments/water-drainage-sewer/water/water-restrictions

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