Urbenville

Level 2 Water Restrictions for Urbenville

Tooloom Creek is now approaching 60% capacity. Council has now enacted the Drought Management plan and issued the town of Urbenville with Level 2 water restrictions. This has been based on current capacity trends and short to mid-term rainfall forecasts.

Level 2 water restrictions is a high water restriction level and are designed to reduce normal daily household consumption by 10-20%, with a target of 250 – 280 litres per person per day. During this stage, policing of the restrictions is implemented and fines able to be issued.

These restrictions are implemented from Friday, 27^th November 2020.

The Level 2 restrictions for domestic or residential properties include:

• Use of fixed hoses / sprinklers & micro sprays limited to 15 minutes per day between 4:00pm and 9:00am
• Hand held hoses limited to 30 minutes per day between 4:00pm and 9:00am – one hose per property
• Filling of pools/spas is prohibited
• Car washing and washing of hard surfaces can only be done using buckets

Commercial / industrial properties are now subject to more restrictions, including:

• Hoses, sprinklers and micro sprays as per residential restrictions.
• Businesses with essential water use, e.g. nurseries, can use a sprinkler for 2 hours per day.
• No unattended hoses
• Washing of cars by buckets only on grassed areas. Exemption may be granted if proof of water efficient devices is provided
• No restriction on building construction, washing public paved areas, water carting, auto flush urinals / public toilets and ready mix concrete

Rural properties are now subject to restrictions:

• Stock watering from a Council supply can only be undertaken with Council approval

Full information on water restrictions can be found on below, which includes public and commercial restrictions.