We appreciate the excellent cooperation our citizens have given
us in the past in adhering to the Alternate Day Lawn Watering
program.
Section 34-24 Alternate day lawn watering; water supply
emergencies, (a),
"It shall be unlawful for any person to utilize water from the
City of Novi Water Supply System for the watering of lawns or
landscaping except on an alternate day basis. An alternate day
basis of watering permits the watering of lawns and landscaping on
even-numbered days for properties with an even-numbered address and
on odd-numbered days for property with an odd-numbered street
address".
To determine if an address is even or odd numbered refer to the
last number in the street address. Even-numbered addresses end
with a 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 and odd-numbered addresses end with a 1, 3,
5, 7, or 9. Why do we have the alternate day lawn watering
program? There are two reasons:
1. The City of Novi is a wholesale customer of the Detroit
Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD). Two of the major factors
that DWSD uses to establish our wholesale water rate is Peak Day and
Peak Hour purchases. If we adhere to the alternate day water
cycle we can level out our Peak Day and Peak Hour factors, which
result in lower wholesale water rates.
2. During the high demand periods of May through September
we routinely experience low system pressures in some sections of the
city. The Alternate Day Lawn Watering program helps us ensure
that we can provide water pressure to meet the domestic and fire
flow requirements of all of our customers.
