During the hot summer months, Spanaway Water Company customers often use up to 6 million gallons of water per day — more than double what is used during the rest of the year. Alternating our outdoor watering days helps conserve valuable water resources and assists your water utility in meeting peak summer demands.
To reduce peak demand during the summer months, all Spanaway Water Company customers are requested to follow an outdoor watering schedule.
| Odd Addresses Addresses ending with an odd number please water and irrigate outdoors on:
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Even Addresses
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Friday is a non-watering day for everyone which will allow the water system reservoirs to refill. The schedules are in effect during the months of June, July, August and September.
The following are exceptions to the watering schedule:
- outdoor potted plants and hanging baskets
- plants growing inside of greenhouses (including commercial greenhouses)
- publicly owned facilities with active playfields
- washing of cars and other vehicles
- pressure washing
- newly planted lawn (sod or seed)
- newly planted landscaped areas (trees and shrubs)
The odd / even schedule is intended to allow our water customers to maintain landscaping to the level to which they are accustomed, while reducing temporary peak seasonal demands on the water distribution system. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
WATER CONSERVATION CHECK LIST
Please take a few minutes to think about this check list, talk about it with your family members, consider your water use and how you might be able to conserve. This saves both water and your water dollars.
Inside Your Home
• Run full loads of laundry and dishes.
• Turn off the water when brushing teeth and shaving.
• Turn off the water when washing dishes except for rinsing.
• Try to keep showers brief.
• Check for leaks and fix faucet/toilet leaks as soon as possible.
• Do not use the toilet as a flushing trash can.
• Install flow restrictors or low flow fixtures throughout the house.
• Insulate your hot water pipes.
• Check water meter monthly when all water is off for unseen leaks.
Outside Your Home 
(Consider letting your lawn go dormant in summer, it will come back in the fall.)
• Check and repair leaking hose bids.
• Only water on even or odd days based on our house number.
• Hand water shrubs and special planted landscaped areas
• Consider installing a drip irrigation system.
• Landscape with rockeries and native drought resistant plants.
• Make sure that when watering, you don’t water the walks or road.
• Only water the lawn with one inch of water per week.
• Turn off any sprinkler system when it rains.
• Water the lawn for less than an hour only between 8 PM-8 AM, not during the heat of the day (best for the lawn is in the early morning hours.)
• Fertilize the lawn to help keep it green.
• Raise the mowing height when the weather gets warmer and drier.
• Turn the water off after the children have played in the sprinkler.
• Use an automatic shut off nozzle when washing cars, or a car wash that recycles water.
• Use a broom to clean walkways and driveways, not a hose.