Here's How It Works
If you see a homeowner or business wasting water, use our reporting form to tell us about it.
Please give as much information as possible. Include location/address, date, and time of day along with a brief description of the problem.
GVSUD will contact the responsible party by phone, mail or in person to issue a warning – a friendly reminder about the rules. Most people cheerfully correct the issue reported and the process ends there.
What is Water Waste?
Water waste includes:
- Landscape watering with an irrigation system or sprinkler outside designated watering hours.
- Allowing water from any source to run off into a gutter, ditch, or storm drain
- Failure to repair a controllable leak
- Runoff or overspray from a sprinkler or irrigation system regardless of the time of day
- Landscape watering during or shortly after a rain
- Charity car washes held at any location other than a permanent car wash facility
- Additional requirements of any drought restriction stage currently in effect
What is Allowed?
The following activities are allowed unless restricted by any drought restriction stage currently in effect:
- Watering with a hand-held hose, soaker hose, drip irrigation, small bucket or watering can.
- Pressure washing of parking lots, driveways, streets or sidewalks as long as street runoff does not occur.
- Washing of vehicles or other mobile equipment at a home or business. Use of an automatic shut-off nozzle or bucket is recommended to prevent street runoff.
- Use of commercial vehicle wash facilities is allowed at any time.