It’s easy to follow, and works like this: If your home address is an odd number, you can conduct outdoor watering on any odd numbered day of the month. If your home address is an even number, you can conduct outdoor watering on any even day of the month. No outdoor watering will be permitted on the 31^st of any month.

Here is the reason for this program. This is not a water supply issue, it is a water allocation issue. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection sets water allocation limits for municipalities. If the municipality exceeds the water allocation, steep fines may be imposed. Avalon wants to be proactive with its outdoor water use and mandates that everyone follows the odd-even outdoor water use system for the entire year. The Borough will also be taking necessary steps to make sure that it restricts its own use of water as well.

The graphic posted above is on a magnet that is available to you for free. Kindly stop by Avalon’s Department of Public Works, Avalon’s Borough Hall, or other locations to pick up your free magnet. Place it in your home as a reminder of the odd-even watering program in place for 2009. If you have a rental property in Avalon, please make sure your tenants are aware of the program.

You will still be permitted low-level water use outside anytime at all (outdoor showers and the like).

There are two PDF documents prepared by Rutgers University that provide you with very valuable tips on outdoor watering and lawn care. They include great tips on how to take care of your lawns while conserving water at the same time.

If you have any questions about this odd-even program, just send it to us through the Avalon Feedback section of our website, located on the front page. We will get an answer to you as quickly as possible!

Both informational pamphlets are also available for download:

Best Management Practices for Watering Lawns

Your Lawn and its Care