I don't know what the current regulations in Houston are regarding a new lawn, but in Austin, at least in the past, if you have new planted grass, you are allowed to water it by an exemption. Would be worth looking into. Good luck!
League City has had stage 3 since last Friday which means NO watering of your lawn, no washing cars and no filling swimming pools period. This sucks, I have spent lots of money this summer keeping my yard green as my neighbors have all turned to dust. Anyone know a good rain dance?
If homes start having foundation problems because it's illegal to water, can you send the $15,000 repair bill to the city?
I wasn't really aware of this type of issue. Could you explain how the two are correlated (watering and foundation)?
Houston sits on clay soil, it swells with water absorption and shrinks when it dries. And when it moves, everything attached to it moves. It's the reason all the thoroughfare streets are so bumpy and broken.
Here's a link to a short video that explains foundation watering. http://www.5min.com/Video/Foundation-Watering-Tips-61997527
I work at South Shore Grill and always tell the customers to just take some togo cups of water for their lawn.
Sounds like you need to learn how to keep a yard green and healthy without wasting thousands of gallons a week of water.
Soaker hoses are good for watering foundations and in most cases would be practically impossible to detect from the street so someone should be able to get away with using those. But, do these cities also look at water bill usage to determine who may be violating the ordinance or do you have to be caught in the act?
Only experience I have with that is that King of the Hill episode where Khan bribes the meter reader.
