Cordillera Ranch Water Restrictions
Cordillera Ranch is currently under STAGE 2 water restrictions.
Under threat of penalty for violation, the following water use restrictions shall apply to all persons:
(a) Landscape watering is permitted once per week between the hours of 12:00 midnight to 10:00 am and 8:00 pm to 12:00 midnight according to the following schedule:
- If the last digit of the address ends in 0 or 9 the irrigation day is Monday.
- If the last digit of the address ends in 1 or 8 the irrigation day is Tuesday.
- If the last digit of the address ends in 2 or 7 the irrigation day is Wednesday.
- If the last digit of the address ends in 3 or 6 the irrigation day is Thursday.
- If the last digit of the address ends in 4 or 5 the irrigation day is Friday.
Note: Customers who install new landscapes during drought periods may apply for a variance to request additional watering days. Newly planted grass can survive once-per-week watering after only three weeks. Variances to allow additional watering days are only given during the three-week time period immediately following installation of new turfgrass.
(b) The watering of non-established trees, shrubs and bushes will be accomplished on the same days as above.
(c) If there is no street address associated with the property, such as a parkway, or if there is more than one street address associated with a single contiguous property, the irrigation day is Wednesday.
(d) Use of water to wash any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane or other vehicle is prohibited except on designated landscape watering days between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 10:00 am and between 8:00 pm and 12:00 midnight. Such washing, when allowed, shall be done with a hand-held bucket or a hand-held hose equipped with a positive shutoff nozzle for quick rinses. Vehicle washing may be done at any time on the immediate premises of a commercial car wash or commercial service station. Further, such washing may be exempted from these regulations if the health, safety, and welfare of the public in contingent upon frequent vehicle cleansing, such as garbage trucks and vehicles used to transport food and perishables.
(e) Use of water to fill, refill, or add to any indoor or outdoor swimming pools, wading pools, or jacuzzi-type pools is prohibited except on designated watering days between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 10:00 am and between 8:00 pm and 12:00 midnight.
(f) Operation of any ornamental fountain or pond for aesthetic or scenic purposes is prohibited except where necessary to support aquatic life or where such fountains or ponds are equipped with a recirculation system.
(g) Use of water from hydrants shall be limited to fire fighting, related activities, or other activities necessary to maintain public health, safety, and welfare, except that use of water from designated fire hydrants for construction purposes may be allowed under special permit from the Utility.
(h) Golf course watering of greens and tee boxes in conjunction with reuse will be limited to the reductions planned in the water budget. Use of potable water for landscape irrigation in and around golf course clubhouses is prohibited except on designated watering days between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 10:00 am and between 8:00 pm and 12:00 midnight.
(i) All restaurants are prohibited from serving water to patrons except upon request of the patron.
(j) The following uses of water are defined as non-essential and are prohibited:
- Wash down of any sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking lots, tennis courts, or other hard-surfaced areas;
- Use of water to wash down buildings or structures for purposes other than immediate fire protection;
- Use of water for dust control;
- Flushing gutters or permitting water to run or accumulate in any gutter or street; and
- Failure to repair a controllable leak(s) within a reasonable period after having been given notice directing the repair of such leak(s).

The Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust was founded in 2001 to conserve land in the Guadalupe River Watershed.