{"title":"Ashcroft watering restrictions","question":"Are there lawn sprinkling or watering restrictions in Ashcroft?","slug":"water-restrictions","place":{"path":"ca/bc/ashcroft","name":"Ashcroft","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"water-roads-and-snow","name":"Water, sewer, roads and snow"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"Village of Ashcroft","url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca"},"short_answer":"In Ashcroft, water restrictions apply every year from May 1 to September 30. Stage 1 starts automatically if no other measures are in force. Check the Village website for the current stage.","aliases":["sprinkling restrictions ashcroft","lawn watering ashcroft","water restrictions ashcroft","watering days ashcroft"],"cost":"Municipal ticket (Water Conservation Bylaw): $150 for watering outside permitted days or times; $300 for a second offence; $500 for a third or later. Bylaw notice (Good Neighbour Bylaw): $250 ($175 if paid within 5 days, $325 after 30 days; $500 then $750 for repeats). Special use permit $10.","how_long":"Restrictions are in effect from May 1 to September 30 each year.","where":[{"type":"online","label":"Water treatment and distribution, Village of Ashcroft","value":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/service/water-treatment-and-distribution/"},{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250-453-9161","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m."},{"type":"in_person","label":"Village Office","value":"601 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015 (PDF)","url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"bylaw-fines","title":"Ashcroft bylaw fines and how tickets work","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/bylaw-fines/"},{"slug":"yard-waste","title":"Ashcroft yard waste collection and drop-off","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/yard-waste/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/logan-lake","name":"Logan Lake","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/logan-lake/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/lillooet","name":"Lillooet","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/clinton","name":"Clinton","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/clinton/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/kamloops","name":"Kamloops","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/merritt","name":"Merritt","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/barriere","name":"Barriere","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/water-restrictions/"}],"topic":{"title":"Watering restrictions in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/water-restrictions/"},"facts":{"in_effect":{"label":"When restrictions apply","value":"Every year from May 1 to September 30. If no measures are in force on May 1, Stage 1 starts automatically. Council declares Stages 1 to 4; a stage takes effect when Council, the CAO or the Public Works Foreman announces it. Stage 4 applies automatically to users affected by a power outage.","short":"May 1 to September 30; Stages 1 to 4 by Council","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf","title":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)","section":"s. 5","quotes":["If no water conservation measures are in force on May 1st of any year, Stage 1 Water Conservation Measures automatically become effective on that date","No Water Conservation Measures Stage remains in force after September 30th of any year, unless Council makes a declaration of such.","During a power-outage, all affected users of the outage are placed under Stage 4 Water Conservation.","The Council of the Village of Ashcroft may declare that the Village has activated a water","in the declaration comes into force in the Village after the Council, the CAO or the Public Works"]},{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/service/water-treatment-and-distribution/","title":"Water Treatment and Distribution, Village of Ashcroft","section":"Water Conservation","quotes":["Village residents are subject to water restriction every year beginning May 1 and ending September 30;"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"schedule":{"label":"Sprinkling schedule","value":"Stage 1: even street addresses on even calendar days, odd on odd days; hose-supplied sprinklers 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 to 11:00 p.m.; underground automatic systems 12:00 to 6:00 a.m. Stage 2: even addresses Wednesday and Saturday, odd Thursday and Sunday, same hours. Stages 3 and 4: no sprinkler or automatic system watering.","short":"Stage 1: odd/even days; no watering Stage 3 and 4","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf","title":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)","section":"s. 6-9","quotes":["At premises with even numbered civic address, on even numbered calendar days between 6:00 am and 9:00 am as well as 8:00 pm and 11:00 pm for hose supplied sprinklers or between 12:00 am and 6:00 am for underground automated sprinkler systems.","Wednesdays and Saturdays between 6:00 am and 9:00 am","Thursdays and Sundays between 6:00 am and 9:00 am","During Stage 3 Water Conservation Measures, no one shall use hose supplied sprinklers or underground automated sprinkler systems to water a lawn, garden or landscaped area on a property."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"exempt_watering":{"label":"Allowed at any time","value":"Stages 1 to 3: hand watering of flower and vegetable gardens, planters, shrubs and trees, and drip or micro-sprinkler irrigation of them (hand watering lawns is not allowed in Stages 2 and 3). Stage 1 also allows filling pools and hot tubs, washing vehicles with a shut-off hose, children's water slides and sprinklers, and public sports fields and parks.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf","title":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)","section":"s. 6(b), 7(b), 8(b)","quotes":["Hand watering of flower gardens, vegetable gardens, decorative planters, shrubs or trees.","Hand watering of lawns or grass is not permitted.","Use of hose to provide water to wash boats or motor vehicles, if the hose is equipped with an automatic shut off device.","Filling and maintaining of private pools, spas, hot tubs and ponds."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"new_lawns":{"label":"New lawns","value":null,"status":"none","note":"Ashcroft's Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799 has no exemption for new lawns or sod.","sources":[]},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"Bylaw notice (Good Neighbour Bylaw): failure to comply with water restrictions $250, or $175 within 5 days and $325 after 30 days; $500 then $750 for repeats. Municipal ticket (Water Conservation Bylaw Schedule A): using a watering system outside permitted days or times $150; $300 second offence; $500 third or later.","short":"Notice $250 ($175 if paid in 5 days); ticket $150","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Bylaw-No.-879-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-2025.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 879, 2025, Schedule D, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)","section":"Schedule D","quotes":["The following contraventions are designated as ticketable offences under Bylaw No. 845.","Contravention Section Penalty Early Late 2nd 3rd+ Payment Payment Offence Offences (within 5 (after 30 days) days)","Failure to comply with 10.1 $250 $175 $325 $500 $750 water restrictions"]},{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf","title":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)","section":"Schedule A","quotes":["Using a watering system outside permitted $150.00 $300.00 $500.00 times","Using a watering system outside permitted $150.00 $300.00 $500.00 days"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf","title":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)","section":"s. 15","quotes":["Village of Ashcroft \"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015\"."]},{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/stage-1-water-restrictions/","title":"Stage 1 Water Restrictions notice, Village of Ashcroft","section":"page","quotes":["Click Water Restrictions Bylaw No. 881 2026 for more details"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"},"sources_differ":"The Village's Stage 1 notice names 'Water Restrictions Bylaw No. 881 2026' and links the PDF titled Water Regulations Bylaw No. 881, 2026. That bylaw has no watering schedule or stages (searched 'restrict', 'sprinkl', 'conserv'); it repeals only Water Regulations Bylaw No. 797, not Bylaw 799. The stage rules are taken from Bylaw 799, which is the only text with the schedule."}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":1,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nUnder the [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf), restrictions apply every year from May 1 to September 30. If no measures are in force on May 1, Stage 1 starts automatically. Council declares Stages 1 to 4, and a stage takes effect when Council, the CAO or the Public Works Foreman announces it. Stage 4 applies automatically to users affected by a power outage. Check the Village website for the current stage.\n\nThe Village's Stage 1 notice names Water Restrictions Bylaw No. 881, 2026, but that bylaw has no stages or watering schedule, so confirm with the Village if you are unsure.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Stage 1: water on even calendar days if your address is even, odd days if odd. Hose-supplied sprinklers run 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 to 11:00 p.m.; underground automatic systems 12:00 to 6:00 a.m.\n2. Stage 2: even addresses water Wednesday and Saturday, odd addresses Thursday and Sunday, in the same hours.\n3. Stages 3 and 4: no sprinkler or automatic system watering.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Stages 1 to 3 allow hand watering of flower and vegetable gardens, planters, shrubs and trees, and drip or micro-sprinkler irrigation of them. Hand watering lawns is not allowed in Stages 2 and 3.\n- Stage 1 also allows filling pools and hot tubs, washing vehicles with a shut-off hose, children's water slides and sprinklers, and public sports fields and parks.\n- Stage 4 allows only fire prevention or control, health and safety, and permitted uses.\n- A special use permit costs $10 and must be approved before use.\n- Bylaw 799 has no new-lawn or sod exemption.\n- Two ticket systems list this offence: a municipal ticket of $150 under Bylaw 799 and a bylaw notice of $250 under the Good Neighbour Bylaw.","sources":[{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/service/water-treatment-and-distribution/","title":"Water Treatment and Distribution, Village of Ashcroft","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/stage-1-water-restrictions/","title":"Stage 1 Water Restrictions notice, Village of Ashcroft","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf","title":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Bylaw-No.-879-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-2025.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 879, 2025, Schedule D, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 6 facts was matched to the official text; 1 is recorded as not set."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/water-restrictions/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/water-restrictions.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/water-restrictions.json"}}