OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES – The restriction on outside water usage that started on July 20 has already been replaced.
New Jersey American Water issued the restriction due to two factors: an operational issue at a treatment plant and high water demands.
“The company was able to quickly resolve the issue at the Jumping Brook Water Treatment Plant’s intakes that caused capacity to be constricted,” stated Carmen Tierno, senior director of Operations. “The system has been able to recover over the last 24 hours allowing us to lift the current ban on outdoor usage, but we are replacing it with a mandatory odd/even watering advisory due to the continued extreme heat and continued high water demands.”
The way this works is:
- Outdoor water use permitted on odd-numbered days of the month if your street address is an odd number (i.e., 23 Oak St., 7 Maple Ave.)
- Outdoor water use permitted on even-numbered days of the month if your street address is an even number (i.e., 6 Oak St., 354 Maple Ave.)
- Water early or late in the day to minimize evaporation.
The exceptions to this are that you can watering new sod or seed if daily watering is required (Note: it is recommended that any planting of new sod or seed that has not already taken place be delayed until the fall)
You can also use of private wells for irrigation.
Commercial uses of outdoor water, such as for nurseries, farm stands, power washing, plumbing, and car washes and the watering of athletic fields are not included.
