{"title":"Burns Lake watering restrictions","question":"Are there lawn sprinkling or watering restrictions?","slug":"water-restrictions","place":{"path":"ca/bc/burns-lake","name":"Burns Lake","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 Burns Lake","url":"https://www.burnslake.ca"},"short_answer":"In Burns Lake, water restrictions are enforced from May 15 to September 15 each year. Water lawns and gardens only between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m.: odd house numbers on odd-numbered days, even house numbers on even-numbered days. Light hand watering is allowed any time.","aliases":["sprinkler ban burns lake","lawn watering burns lake","water restrictions burns lake","odd even watering burns lake"],"cost":"Fine not stated on the Village's website.","how_long":"May 15 to September 15 each year.","where":[{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office (Bylaw Officer, ext 2013)","value":"250-692-7587","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m."}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Utilities page","url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/resident-services/utilities"},{"title":"Bylaws and policies (Water Conservation Bylaw No. 1097)","url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/local-government/bylaws?page=3"}],"related":[{"slug":"garbage-collection","title":"Burns Lake garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/garbage-collection/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/houston","name":"Houston","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/houston/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fort-st-james","name":"Fort St James","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/telkwa","name":"Telkwa","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/smithers","name":"Smithers","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/new-hazelton","name":"New Hazelton","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-hazelton/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/hazelton","name":"Hazelton","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hazelton/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":"Water restrictions are enforced from May 15 to September 15 each year.","short":"May 15 to September 15","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/resident-services/utilities","title":"Utilities, Village of Burns Lake","section":"Summer Watering","quotes":["Water Restrictions are enforced within the Village of Burns Lake between May 15 and September 15."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"schedule":{"label":"Sprinkling schedule","value":"Large quantities of water for lawn, garden, vehicle washing and other domestic purposes only between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. daily: odd house numbers on odd-numbered days, even house numbers on even-numbered days.","short":"Odd/even days, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. only","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/resident-services/utilities","title":"Utilities, Village of Burns Lake","section":"Summer Watering","quotes":["between 7 am and 11 am according to the following schedule:","Residents whose homes have odd house numbers will be permitted to water on","odd-numbered days.","Even-numbered houses may water on even-numbered days."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"exempt_watering":{"label":"Allowed at any time","value":"Light hand watering is permitted at any time for new lawns, flowers and gardens.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/resident-services/utilities","title":"Utilities, Village of Burns Lake","section":"Summer Watering","quotes":["Light hand watering is permitted at any time for new lawns, flowers and gardens."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"new_lawns":{"label":"New lawns","value":"Light hand watering of new lawns is permitted at any time. No permit or sod exemption is mentioned.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/resident-services/utilities","title":"Utilities, Village of Burns Lake","section":"Summer Watering","quotes":["Light hand watering is permitted at any time for new lawns, flowers and gardens."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"scanned","note":"Burns Lake's Water Conservation Bylaw is a scanned PDF that could not be read, so the fine is not known.","sources":[]},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Water Conservation Bylaw No. 1097, 2025 (title and number from the Village's bylaw library; the PDF is a scan and was not read).","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/local-government/bylaws?page=3","title":"Bylaws and policies (page 3: Water Conservation Bylaw No. 1097), Village of Burns Lake","section":"Bylaw library","quotes":["Water Conservation Bylaw | No. 1097"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":1},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe Village of Burns Lake's Utilities page says water restrictions are enforced between May 15 and September 15 each year. The Village's [Water Conservation Bylaw No. 1097](<https://www.burnslake.ca/local-government/bylaws?page=3>) is newer than that page text and is a scanned PDF that could not be read, so the page may be out of date.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Water large quantities (lawn, garden, vehicle washing and other domestic purposes) only between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m.\n2. Odd-numbered house numbers water on odd-numbered days; even house numbers on even-numbered days.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Light hand watering is permitted at any time for new lawns, flowers and gardens. No permit or sod exemption is mentioned.\n- No stage system is described. The fine is not stated. Phone 250-692-7587 to confirm.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/resident-services/utilities","title":"Utilities, Village of Burns Lake","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/local-government/bylaws?page=3","title":"Bylaws and policies (page 3: Water Conservation Bylaw No. 1097), Village of Burns Lake","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://www.burnslake.ca/contact","title":"Contact, Village of Burns Lake","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 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/water-restrictions/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/water-restrictions.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burns-lake/water-restrictions.json"}}