Update on State Water Board Ban on Watering “Non-Functional” Turf With Potable Water
For commercial, institutional, and HOA common areas, the decorative grass watering emergency ban has expired: The Emergency Regulation to Ban Decorative Grass Watering (non-functional turf irrigation) in commercial, industrial, and institutional areas, including HOA common areas expired by operation of law on June 5, 2024. In October 2023, however, the California State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1572, which phases in a ban on decorative grass watering in commercial, industrial, and institutional areas permanently”.