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Oviedo outlines irrigation restrictions, enforcement and $1,000 retrofit rebate at water expo
Summary
City of Oviedo water conservation coordinator Jay Stainer described local ordinances, enforcement practices, and a returning H2OV2 incentive that can pay up to $1,000 for landscape retrofits; he also presented city demonstration projects showing large water savings from retrofits and reclaimed water use.
Jay Stainer, the City of Oviedo’s water conservation coordinator, told the Water Expo audience that the city enforces two local ordinances — one for potable irrigation and one for reclaimed water — and that enforcement is progressive: the first violation is a warning, subsequent violations can incur fines that are placed on a resident’s water bill and may lead to shutoff if unpaid. "The first one's a warning," Stainer said. "When I wrote the ordinance years ago, I put in the ordinance that we actually take the fine and put it on your water bill. And what does that mean? ... If you don't pay the fine... we shut your water off."
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