From: “Fauver, Anne” <afauver@AtlantaGa.Gov> Subject: Exemptions to watering restrictions Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 10:08:47 Attention: District 6 Residents

Exemptions to City of Atlanta Watering Restrictions Specified

The following activities are exempted from the City of Atlanta’s new watering restrictions:

• Personal Food Gardens
• Newly (in place less than 30 days) installed landscapes – these may be watered any day of the week between the hours of Midnight and 10 a.m. for a period of 30 days following installation

The following commercial outdoor water uses are exempt from watering restrictions:

Professionally certified or licensed landscapers, golf course contractors, and sports turf landscapers: during installation and 30 days following installation only. Professional landscapers must be certified or licensed for commercial exemptions to apply.

• Irrigation contractors: during installation and as needed for proper maintenance and adjustments of irrigation systems and equipment only.
• Sod producers.
• Ornamental growers.
• Fruit and vegetable growers.
• Retail garden centers.
• Hydro-seeding.
• Power-washing.
• Construction sites.
• Producers of food and fiber.
• Car washes.
• Other activities essential to daily business.
• Watering-in of pesticides and herbicides on turf.

City of Atlanta customers may only water outdoors on Saturdays and Sundays between midnight and 10 a.m.; even-numbered addresses on Saturday and odd-numbered addresses on Sunday. No outdoor watering is allowed Monday through Friday until further notice. This service area includes the City of Atlanta, Sandy Springs and unincorporated South Fulton County.