What are Permanent Water Wise Measures?
• Permanent Water Wise Measures are simple common sense every day actions for users of town water in the Bega Valley Shire. They include: Permanent Water Wise Measures Aims Gardens and lawns Hand held hoses, watering cans and buckets may be used at any time. Fixed watering systems and unattended hoses may only be used between 5 pm – 10 am (daylight saving time) and 4 pm -11 am (eastern standard time). To maximise the potential for water to soak into the soil by watering gardens when evaporation is lower. Hard surface areas No over-spray water from garden or lawn watering is to run-on or run-off hard surface areas. Water from a hose must not be used to clean hard surface areas, unless as a result of an accident or to reduce a health or safety hazard. Water from a hose must not be used to clean hard surface areas for construction or renovation work, unless connected to a high-pressure cleaning device. To ensure water is applied directly to the areas intended and for the purpose intended
