To prevent future water shortages due to ongoing hot and dry weather, high water demand and declining reservoir levels, Metro Vancouver is restricting water use.
What you can't do
Throughout Metro Vancouver, you cannot:
- use a lawn sprinkler or soaker hoses
- refill your swimming pool, hot tub or garden pond
- wash yourvehicle or boat (unless you go to a commercial car wash that uses recycled water)
No watering is allowed in municipal parks, lawns, grass boulevards, or golf course fairways.
No new sprinkling exemption permits will be issued or renewed. Existing permits are invalid.
What you can do
Throughout Metro Vancouver, you can:
- water residential vegetables, flowers, shrubs, plants and trees by hand with a container or springloaded shut-off nozzle
- wash your vehicle and boat’s windows, mirrors, lights, and licence plates for safety reasons
Penalties and fines
To make sure we all comply with water restrictions, municipal bylaw officers are enforcing restrictions seven days a week, days and evenings.
Anyone caught watering may get a warning letter or a fine. In Vancouver the fine is $250. In Delta the fine is $400.
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