{"title":"Midway watering restrictions","question":"Are there lawn sprinkling or watering restrictions in Midway?","slug":"water-restrictions","place":{"path":"ca/bc/midway","name":"Midway","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 Midway","url":"https://www.midwaybc.ca"},"short_answer":"In Midway, sprinkling lawns and gardens is prohibited from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in the summer months. The Village page ties this to Bylaw No. 413. No day-of-week schedule or staged restriction system is described.","aliases":["lawn watering midway","sprinkling ban midway","water restrictions midway bc","watering hours midway"],"cost":"No ticket amount found. A violation is an offence under the Offence Act; the Village may disconnect offenders, and reconnection costs a minimum of $50.","how_long":"Not applicable.","where":[{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250-449-2222"},{"type":"online","label":"Water Conservation page","value":"https://midwaybc.ca/water-conservation/"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Water Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 227, 1992 (PDF), Village of Midway","url":"https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BYLAW-227-WATER-RATES-REGULATIONS.pdf"},{"title":"Water Conservation, Village of Midway","url":"https://midwaybc.ca/water-conservation/"}],"related":[{"slug":"unsightly-property","title":"Midway unsightly property rules and how to report","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/unsightly-property/"},{"slug":"garbage-collection","title":"Midway garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/garbage-collection/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/greenwood","name":"Greenwood","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/greenwood/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/grand-forks","name":"Grand Forks","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/grand-forks/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/osoyoos","name":"Osoyoos","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/osoyoos/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/rossland","name":"Rossland","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/rossland/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/keremeos","name":"Keremeos","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/water-restrictions/"},{"place":"ca/bc/penticton","name":"Penticton","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/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":"A standing rule in the summer months: sprinkling lawns and gardens is prohibited from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The Village page ties this to Bylaw No. 413. No staged restriction system is described.","short":"Summer months: no sprinkling 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/utilities/","title":"Utilities, Village of Midway","section":"Utilities page","quotes":["irrigating and watering of lawns and gardens is prohibited between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm daily during the summer months"]},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/water-conservation/","title":"Water Conservation, Village of Midway","section":"Water Conservation page","quotes":["Residents are reminded that sprinkling (irrigating) lawns and gardens between the hours of 10:00 am and 6:00 pm is prohibited as set out in Bylaw No. 413."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"schedule":{"label":"Sprinkling schedule","value":"No day-of-week schedule is stated. Lawn and garden sprinkling is prohibited 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in the summer months.","short":"No day schedule; none 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in summer","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/utilities/","title":"Utilities, Village of Midway","section":"Utilities page","quotes":["irrigating and watering of lawns and gardens is prohibited between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm daily during the summer months"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"exempt_watering":{"label":"Allowed at any time","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"not_published","note":"The Village's pages do not state exemptions for hand watering, drip irrigation, gardens or new lawns.","sources":[]},"new_lawns":{"label":"New lawns","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"not_published","note":"The Village's pages do not state exemptions for hand watering, drip irrigation, gardens or new lawns.","sources":[]},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"No ticket amount found. Bylaw 227 makes a violation an offence punishable under the Offence Act, with each day a separate offence. The Village may disconnect offenders; reconnection costs a minimum of $50.","short":"No ticket amount found","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BYLAW-227-WATER-RATES-REGULATIONS.pdf","title":"Water Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 227, 1992 (PDF), Village of Midway","section":"s. 8","quotes":["deemed to have committed an offence and is punishable in accordance with the offence act"]},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/water-conservation/","title":"Water Conservation, Village of Midway","section":"Water Conservation page","quotes":["The Village of Midway reserves the right to disconnect offenders from the water service, and any service that has been disconnected will be charged a minimum of $50.00 before service resumes."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Water Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 227, 1992, as amended by Bylaw No. 413 (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. rule)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BYLAW-227-WATER-RATES-REGULATIONS.pdf","title":"Water Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 227, 1992 (PDF), Village of Midway","section":"s. 9","quotes":["This by-law may be cited as the \"Water Rates and Regulation"]},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/bylaws-policies/","title":"Bylaws and Policies, Village of Midway","section":"Bylaws page, Water Rates","quotes":["Bylaw 413 – Water Rates and Regulations Amendment Bylaw No. 413"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":6,"stated":4,"matched":4,"none":0,"unknown":2},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe Village's [Utilities](https://midwaybc.ca/utilities/) and [Water Conservation](https://midwaybc.ca/water-conservation/) pages say sprinkling lawns and gardens is prohibited from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in the summer months. They tie this to Bylaw No. 413, which amends the [Water Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 227, 1992](https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BYLAW-227-WATER-RATES-REGULATIONS.pdf). The copy of Bylaw 413 on the Village site cannot be read, so we could not check it. This is a standing rule, and no staged restriction system is described.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- No day-of-week watering schedule is stated. The Village says water is not metered. Residents on their own wells are asked to follow the same rules.\n- The pages do not state any exemption for hand watering, drip irrigation, food gardens or new lawns. Ask the Village Office (250-449-2222).\n- Bylaw 227 lets Council limit water use or regulate hours whenever the public interest requires.\n- A violation is an offence under the Offence Act, and each day is a separate offence. The Village may disconnect offenders, and reconnection costs a minimum of $50. No ticket amount was found.","sources":[{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/utilities/","title":"Utilities, Village of Midway","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/water-conservation/","title":"Water Conservation, Village of Midway","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/BYLAW-227-WATER-RATES-REGULATIONS.pdf","title":"Water Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 227, 1992 (PDF), Village of Midway","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/bylaws-policies/","title":"Bylaws and Policies, Village of Midway","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://midwaybc.ca/village-office/","title":"Village Office, Village of Midway","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 4 of 6 facts was matched to the official text; 2 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/water-restrictions/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/water-restrictions.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/water-restrictions.json"}}