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Stage 1 Water Restrictions

Stage 1 water restrictions for Victoria. If stage one restrictions are in place in your area, the following measures apply.

Residential gardens and lawns

Manual watering Manual watering systems can be used as required between 6am–8am and 8pm–10pm on alternate days.*

Automatic Watering Automatic watering systems can only be used as required between midnight-4am on alternate days.*

*Alternate days means odd numbered houses can water on odd dates of the month and even numbered houses can water on even numbered days. For example if you live at 45 Park Street, you can only use your watering system on the 1st, 3rd, 5th etc…of the month. Both odd and even numbered houses can water on the 31st of the month. Where there is no house number the property is considered an even numbered house.

Hand-held hoses Hand-held hoses with a trigger nozzle, watering cans and buckets can be used as required at any time.

Vehicle washing

A hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle can be used to pre-rinse and rinse only. A high-pressure water cleaning device and commercial car wash can be used. A bucket filled with a hand-held hose fitted with trigger nozzle or directly from a tap can be used.

Pools and spas

Before filling a new or existing pool or spa of 2000 litres capacity or more, owners must submit a water conservation plan and have it approved by their local water business. This plan must show that the volume of water required to fill the pool or spa will be, or has been, offset by water saved around the home. Only a hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, a bucket or a watering can may be used to top up an existing pool or spa. To fill or top up a new or existing pool or spa with a capacity of 2,000 litres or less, a hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, a watering can or a bucket must be used.