CAP-CARAL
Cape Coral City manager Rob Hernandez has issued a Stage 1 Lack of watereffective midnight on Monday, May 2nd.
Due to the abnormally dry season and the use of irrigation water in excess of supplies, the Phase 1 Declaration restricts the watering of lawns and landscapes to mandatory one-day watering schedule, as detailed below.
Watering days and hours depend on the last home address number:
- Addresses ending in 0: Monday from 12 to 4 am
- Addresses ending in 1: Friday from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Addresses ending in 2: Thursday from 12 to 4 am
- Addresses ending in 3: Wednesday from 12 to 4 am
- Addresses ending in 4: Sunday from 12 to 4 am
- Addresses ending in 5: Saturday from 12 to 4 am
- Addresses ending in 6: Thursday from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Addresses ending in 7: Wednesday from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Addresses ending in 8: Sunday from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Addresses ending in 9: Saturday from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m.
At midnight on May 2, 2022, the following restrictions on the use of water for irrigation also come into force:
- For real estate or construction up to five hectares in size having an irrigation system that simultaneously irrigates several facilities with different watering times, including, but not limited to, duplexes, apartment buildings, complexes and mixed-use complexes, watering is allowed on Monday from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m..
- For real estate or construction the size of more than five acres having an irrigation system that simultaneously irrigates several facilities with different watering times, including, but not limited to, multi-family, integrated and mixed use, watering is allowed on Monday from 12 to 8 am
- Watering with new lawns and landscaping within the 45-day installation period is allowed on any day of the week from 2 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Manual watering is allowed at any time.
The city of Cape Coral will step up its efforts to combat illegal fuel.
City began pumping out of the Charlotte County Reservoir on Friday and is currently working on several irrigation improvements:
- FGUA Interconnect Project; Complete January 2020; 730-2.190 million gallons (MG) / year (supply)
- Pine Island road storage tanks and overclocking station; Summer 2022; 10 mg / day (storage)
- Canal Weir 29 & Yellow Fever Creek Project; Summer 2022; 900 mg / year (storage and delivery)
- Caloosahatchee Connect project; Spring 2023; 2,190-4,380 mg / year (delivery)
- Southwest Aggregates Reservoir Project; Winter 2023; 1440 mg / year (storage and delivery)
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