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title: Ashcroft watering restrictions
question: "Are there lawn sprinkling or watering restrictions in Ashcroft?"
place: Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada
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# Ashcroft watering restrictions

**Question:** Are there lawn sprinkling or watering restrictions in Ashcroft?

**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.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Ashcroft, https://ashcroftbc.ca)  
**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:**
- Online: Water treatment and distribution, Village of Ashcroft, https://ashcroftbc.ca/service/water-treatment-and-distribution/
- Phone: Village Office, 250-453-9161 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
- In person: Village Office, 601 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0

## Key facts

- **When 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; 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.
  - Source: [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, s. 5](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf)
  - Official wording: "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"
  - Source: [Water Treatment and Distribution, Water Conservation](https://ashcroftbc.ca/service/water-treatment-and-distribution/)
  - Official wording: "Village residents are subject to water restriction every year beginning May 1 and ending September 30;"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Sprinkling schedule:** 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.
  - Source: [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, s. 6-9](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf)
  - Official wording: "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: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Allowed at any time:** 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.
  - Source: [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, s. 6(b), 7(b), 8(b)](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf)
  - Official wording: "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: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **New lawns:** None set. Ashcroft's Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799 has no exemption for new lawns or sod.
- **Fine:** 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.
  - Source: [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 879, 2025, Schedule D](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Bylaw-No.-879-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-2025.pdf)
  - Official wording: "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"
  - Source: [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, Schedule A](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf)
  - Official wording: "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: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Bylaw:** Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015 (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.)
  - Source: [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, s. 15](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Village of Ashcroft "Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015"."
  - Source: [Stage 1 Water Restrictions notice, page](https://ashcroftbc.ca/stage-1-water-restrictions/)
  - Official wording: "Click Water Restrictions Bylaw No. 881 2026 for more details"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

Under 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.

The 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.

## Steps

1. 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.
2. Stage 2: even addresses water Wednesday and Saturday, odd addresses Thursday and Sunday, in the same hours.
3. Stages 3 and 4: no sprinkler or automatic system watering.

## Good to know

- 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.
- 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.
- Stage 4 allows only fire prevention or control, health and safety, and permitted uses.
- A special use permit costs $10 and must be approved before use.
- Bylaw 799 has no new-lawn or sod exemption.
- 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.

## Official forms and pages

- [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015 (PDF)](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf)

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- [Barriere](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/barriere/water-restrictions.md)

## Sources

- [Water Treatment and Distribution, Village of Ashcroft](https://ashcroftbc.ca/service/water-treatment-and-distribution/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Stage 1 Water Restrictions notice, Village of Ashcroft](https://ashcroftbc.ca/stage-1-water-restrictions/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 799, 2015, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Water-Conservation-2015-Bylaw-No.-799.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 879, 2025, Schedule D, Village of Ashcroft (PDF)](https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Bylaw-No.-879-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-2025.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)

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