file photo by Boyd Loving
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, as previously reported on numerous occasions Ridgewood Water has limited watering to 2 Days per week . ODD numbered addresses may water their lawns, shrubs, flowers and trees on Tuesday and Saturday, and EVEN numbered addresses may do so on Wednesday and Sunday. No irrigation is allowed on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Irrigation shall be performed before 10:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m., to limit evaporation. Those with automatic irrigation systems and those with Smart Controllers may only water between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. You must register your Smart Controllers, on an annual basis, with Ridgewood Water.
Once the application is completed and the proper documentation is provided to us, we will provide you with a permit for your smart controller. If you have any questions please feel free to give us a call at the office (201) 670-5520.
Check out all needed to be done to get an exemption;
Receipts
Photographs
Proof it’s working ( How? it’s on from 2 am to 5 am) Who’s getting up to take pics in the middle of the night?
AND, they want to be notarized
how about some enforcement
Agreed. There is ZERO enforcement. All talk; no walk. Hire some college students part time to ride around. They could pay their salaries by taking photos of offenders.
Mayor Paul Vagianos has publicly expressed his opposition to the issuance of summonses for these types of offenses. now that everybody knows that, they are watering at Will without fear of any reprisal.
just like shoplifters in San Francico
The silly thing is getting it notarized. And need to do every year.
Town used less water from 2 am to 5 am since all stores closed and everyone’s sleeping.
Water every day
Livingston, the municipality from which our current Director of water came from, has an online registration system for smart controllers. No requirement for a notarized signature. Ridgewood should be doing the same thing.
https://www.livingstonnj.org/FormCenter/Water-Department-18/Register-a-WaterSense-Certified-Smart-Co-91
Welcome to the Big Brother Police State…
I will irrigate whenever I want. I pay for the water and flowers and vegetation are part of my quality of life. Those who consider this as stealing are NUTS. I do not care for “smart” devices. I have an old fashioned irrigation control box and will use it at will. When I see that this town is really trying to fix the quality of water then I will make an effort to be more considerate.
Next up… requirements to register your smart toilet….