Outdoor water use is typically the most noticeable increase on your water bill. As seasons change, so does your water use. Try these handy tips to help reduce your seasonal fluctuations.
1. Keep a trigger-type nozzle on all outdoor hoses.
2. Watering in the early morning or late evening, and never on a windy day, reduces the evaporation rate, so more of the water gets to where it's needed the most.
3. If planting or reseeding a lawn, look for drought resistant varieties. Grasses developed for more arid regions require less water to maintain.
4. Instead of washing, sweep walkways, driveways, patios and decks.
5. Use a bucket to wash cars.
6. Install drip irrigation or timed sprinklers, and keep adjusted to the areas they're intended to service to minimize or eliminate runoff. Consider hand watering smaller areas with a hose.
7. Keep all sprinklers and drip irrigation in good working condition to maximize savings and reduce waste.
8. Teach children to not leave hoses running.
9. Cover pools and spas when not in use to reduce evaporation.
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Website Accessibility Policy
Circle Oaks County Water District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Circle Oaks County Water District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Circle Oaks County Water District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Circle Oaks County Water District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.