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Watch the Water or Pay the Piper, Bonita Springs 

It's been a dry weather year in the Bonita Springs area and with months to go before our rainy season starts we enter mandatory water restrictions.  What does this mean for you?  You need to turn it off.  Conserve water both inside and outside of your Bonita Springs home.   

 A running toilet or a dripping faucet can waste hundreds of dollars per year.    To test your toilet to see if it is running, add a few drops of food dye to the tank on the back.  If colored water runs into the bowl you may need a toilet tune up.  Don't worry, replacing the inside parts will be far less expensive than the water leaking down the drain pennies at a time.

As of January 15 water restrictions are in place.  Bonita Springs and Estero residents will be allowed to water only one day a week.  Set your landscape sprinklers according to the schedule below

For properties smaller than 5 acres, if your address ends in:

  • 1 or 2, water on Mondays from 4 to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 8 p.m.
  • 3 or 4, water on Wednesdays from 4 to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 8 p.m.
  • 5 or 6, or if the irrigation system waters multiple addresses, water on Thursdays from 4 to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 8 p.m.
  • 7 or 8, water on Saturdays from 4 to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 8 p.m.
  • 9 or 0, water on Sundays from 4 to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 8 p.m.

For properties more than five acres, if your address ends in:

  • 1 or 2, water on Mondays from midnight to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 11:59 p.m.
  • 3 or 4, water on Wednesdays from midnight to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 11:59 p.m.
  • 5 or 6, without a numbered street address, or if the irrigation system waters multiple addresses, water on Thursdays from 12 to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 11:59 p.m.
  • 7 or 8, water on Saturdays from midnight to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 11:59 p.m.
  • 9 or 0, water on Sundays from midnight to 8 a.m. OR from 4 to 11:59 p.m.

Penalties

  • In unincorporated Lee County: $25 for a first offense, $100 for a second, and up to $500 and/or 60 days in jail for a third or more.

REPORT VIOLATIONS

If you suspect a watering violation call:

  • Unincorporated Lee County: 274-2547
  • Bonita Springs: 477-1234

If you're interested in the full list of city water restrictions read also:  Water Restrictions, Penalties