City of Greeley Watering Restrictions

The Greeley Water and Sewer Board determine watering restrictions each spring, at the April Board meeting.  Declaring an adequate water year or drought year is based on several factors:

• Snowpack
• Colorado-Big Thompson quota (C-BT)
• Long-term weather projections
• Water storage

At this time, we do not anticipate drought restrictions, but it is important to practice restraint and let plants wake up for spring naturally and not to start watering too early. According to an ordinance, there is no lawn watering until April 15.  However, we understand needing to water a little for the reasons mentioned above. 

In 2020, Greeley City Council approved changes to Greeley’s watering restrictions for single-family water budget customers. Changes include adjusting non-watering hours and omitting day-of-the-week watering restrictions for water budget customers.  Download the 2021 Watering Schedule. 

When installing a new lawn, you must get a lawn watering variance to water more. If you properly prepare your soil with compost and rototill it in, you will be given a larger water budget or more days to a week to water to get it established.  We require 4 cubic yards of compost for every 1,000 square feet of lawn.

Watering Restrictions

No watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.  There is no lawn watering without a variance between January 1 and April 15. It is recommended to stop regular lawn watering in mid-October. However, watering trees during the fall and winter (October through March) is allowed; visit this page for recommendations and best practices.

Single Family Customer on the Water Budget

May water any day of the week

Residential Customers not on Water Budget

Even addresses: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday
Odd addresses: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday

Commercial, Institutional, Industrial, Businesses, Churches, Non-profits, Multifamily, HOAs etc. 

Tuesday, Friday, Sunday