All residents and businesses are subject to the new regulations.
In the fall, Moorestown adopted new regulations concerning the use of water as it relates to water conservation and emergencies. All residents and businesses are subject to the new regulations. The Township requests that residents share this information with their irrigation services and landscapers.
There are four water irrigation districts. The district lines coincide with the Township trash collection district map. Except as may be further restricted, the use of water for outside uses within the Township shall conform to the following: Watering is permitted in the following districts on the following days.
District 1: Sunday and Wednesday.
Districts 2 and 3: Monday and Thursday.
District 4: Tuesday and Friday.
Watering in all zones shall only be conducted between the hours of 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. or 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. unless otherwise exempted. Automatic rain sensor devices are required for all sprinkler and irrigation systems to ensure that watering does not occur during periods of rain or immediately after a quarter inch of rain has fallen.
Restrictions do not apply to the following:
• Outdoor water use from private wells, rain water harvesting, gray water or reclaimed water are exempt from the provisions of this section. Use of gray or reclaimed water must have an approved NJPDES permit issued through the NJDEP.
• Outdoor water use for agricultural use, commercial farms producing harvestable crops, commercial nurseries, sod farms and golf courses.
• Flowers and shrubs may be watered as needed with a handheld hose equipped with an automatic shutoff nozzle.
• Vehicles may be washed any day with handheld hose with an automatic shut-off nozzle.
• Outdoor irrigation necessary for one day only where treatment with an application of chemicals require immediate watering to preserve an existing landscape or to establish a new landscape.
• Outdoor irrigation necessary for the establishment of newly sodded or seeded lawns or landscaping within the first 21 consecutive days of planting.
• Visually supervised operation of an irrigation system by a person in compliance with the NJ Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification Act of 1991 at the minimum rate necessary in order to check system condition and effectiveness.
• Any USEPA or NJDEP rule, regulation or declaration, which is more stringent than the provisions herein, shall supersede.
• Any Declaration of a water emergency by the Township manager and the provisions set forth in same shall supersede.
To review the ordinance in full, visit www.moorestown.nj.us/documentcenter/view/1397.
