AlertEAU – Water use restrictions, bans and maintenance work
AlertEAU informs you of all the work that is being done on the network that could affect the water pressure and of restrictions or prohibitions on the use of water.
Watering restrictions
Sometimes, in the dog days of summer, the city has to restrict or prohibit the use of drinking water for non-essential purposes, such as watering lawns. For details on permitted and prohibited uses, please see the table below. It is updated regularly.
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Action |
Authorized |
Details |
| Manual watering of flower gardens and kitchen gardens (including a hose equipped with a manual flow control spray gun) | YES | |
| Automatic watering (automatic, electronic or underground systems) | YES | |
| Car washing | YES | |
| Filling pools | YES | Between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. |
| Watering new sod | YES | Requires a permit (free), available by contacting us |