Here is the list of watering restrictions for Atlanta and the State of Georgia:

STATEWIDE RESTRICTIONS:

As a result of the drought, a level four drought response has been required for north and west Georgia by the Director of the Environmental Protection Division. Under a level four drought response all counties in Georgia must follow the mandatory water restrictions...

All outdoor watering is banned.

The counties included under the new complete outdoor watering ban are:

• Banks
• Barrow
• Bartow
• Butts
• Carroll
• Catoosa
• Chattooga
• Cherokee
• Clarke
• Clayton
• Cobb
• Coweta
• Dade
• Dawson
• DeKalb
• Douglas
• Elbert
• Fannin
• Fayette
• Floyd
• Forsyth
• Franklin
• Fulton
• Gilmer
• Gordon
• Greene
• Gwinnett
• Habersham
• Hall
• Haralson
• Harris
• Hart
• Heard
• Henry
• Jackson
• Jasper
• Lincoln
• Lumpkin
• Madison
• Meriwether
• Morgon
• Murray
• Muscogee
• Newton
• Oconee
• Oglethorpe
• Polk
• Paulding
• Pickins
• Rabun
• Rockdale
• Stephens
• Spalding
• Towns
• Troup
• Union
• Walker
• Walton
• White
• Whitfield
• Wilkes

WATERING RESTRICTION EXCEPTIONS:

Here is the list of exemptions for outdoor watering during a level four drought:

• Capture and re-use of cooling system condensate or storm water in compliance with applicable local ordinances.
• Re-use of gray water in compliance with applicable local ordinances.
• Use of reclaimed wastewater by a designated user from a system permitted by EPD to provide reclaimed wastewater.
• Irrigation of personal food gardens.
• Irrigation of golf course greens.
• Watering of newly installed landscape by homeowners is prohibited. For new landscape installed prior to the drought level four declaration, the homeowner may complete their 30 watering days between the hours of midnight and 10 a.m. Proof of landscape purchase prior to the declaration date is required.
• Water of new landscape installed by certified or licensed professionals may be watered for 30 days.
  • Landscape and irrigation professionals are exempt from restrictions when on the property.
  • Homeowners must follow the hours of midnight to 10 a.m.
• Sod producers
• Ornamental growers
• Retail garden centers
• Hydro-seeding
• Power-washing
• Construction sites
• Producers of food and fiber
• Car washes
• Other activities essential to daily business
• Watering of pesticides and herbicides on turf

For more information about outdoor water use schedules, visit the EPD's Web site at www.gaepd.org.