April 13,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, last night Ridgewood Water got the OK for a whole host on new water restrictions.
Highlights of new “Irrigation Schedule & Water Emergencies” Ordinance (#3588):
1) New schedule is effective year round.
2) Residential & commercial properties irrigation schedule: odd numbered addresses may water only on Tuesdays and Saturdays; even numbered addresses may water only on Wednesdays and Sundays.
3) Government owned properties (i.e., VOR & BOE) may water only on Mondays and Fridays.
4) Irrigation via hand held hose or drip/micro irrigation system is permitted on any day.
5) Irrigation via automatic systems is permitted only between the hours of 3AM and 7AM.
6) No irrigation of any kind, including hand held hoses, is permitted between the hours of 10AM and 6PM.
7) ALL automatic systems MUST be equipped with rain sensor devices.
8) Automatic systems using “Smart Controllers” may be granted exceptions to compliance with established irrigation schedule (i.e., if your automatic system uses a smart controller you can water on any day of the week).
Full details of the new rules may be found here:
https://www.njpublicnotices.
If we are in a water emergency in perpetuity, should we be building 400 new family units in the middle of our downtown?
In addition to 10:29, there needs to be a moratorium on all new construction. If we cannot get enough water for the current population, the village is completely built out.
Yeah, sure. Expect me to follow these idiotic rules. By the way what color should the handheld be? How will they determine whether I am using SMART controllers or a rain sensor? VC go away and fix the problem and do not force restrictions on hard working, tax paying residents who have done the impossible to live in a decent village but are now facing Africa like water problems at a time when there has been record rainfall. Idiots.
Are we allowed to flush?
Link does not work!
Do they expect residents to instal rain sensors if their existing sprinkler system does not have one?
As other posts mentioned, Bergen County is no longer in drought conditions, this seems excessive, I have been seeing mine and neighbors sump pumps pumping excess ground water into the street all week.
I don’t understand why we couldn’t continue with restrictions based on actual scientific data. ( i.e. rainfall )
It’s obvious mismanagement at the water dept. they need to get more wells and more storage capacity . I remember years ago when my bill went up exponentialy their claim was they didn’t sell enou water.
These people running the show would not last one day in the real world
State officially lifts drought warning for North Jersey
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2017/04/12/state-officially-lifts-drought-warning-north-jersey/100387612/
Just as Ridgewood institutes permanent restrictions. Figure?
https://theridgewoodblog.net/drought-warning-lifted-for-all-new-jersey-except-hunterdon-and-somerset-counties/
who is running the water dept. it went to shit. the water taste like crap.
So glad this passed! We are taking CLEAN drinking water and throwing it on the grass. It is ridiculous how much CLEAN water we waste in the summer. Bravo RW Mayor and Council!
Great news. We must conserve our precious drinking water. Global warming means more frequent drought conditions, Less rain , and less water underground. We need to adjust and plant plants that are drought resistant and save what little water we have for drinking.