Sarasota County waters one day a week by address digit through March 31, 2027: Monday for 0 or 1, Tuesday 2 or 3, Wednesday 4 or 5, Thursday 6 or 7, Friday 8 or 9.
Rules verified November 3, 2026 using Southwest Florida Water Management District Water Restrictions and Sarasota County.
Sarasota watering days under Modified Phase III
The Southwest Florida Water Management District lists all of Sarasota County under its Modified Phase III “Extreme” Water Shortage restrictions through March 31, 2027 (source). Find your day by the last digit of your address.
| Address ends in | Lawn watering day | Allowed hours |
|---|---|---|
| 0 or 1 | Monday | Midnight to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| 2 or 3 | Tuesday | Midnight to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| 4 or 5 | Wednesday | Midnight to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| 6 or 7 | Thursday | Midnight to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
| 8 or 9, or a mixed or undeterminable address such as subdivision common areas | Friday | Midnight to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. |
Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District, checked November 3, 2026. The district tells residents to check their city or county rules first, because many set different schedules or stricter hours.
Watering hours for Sarasota lawns
Unless a city or county sets stricter hours, lawn watering is limited to midnight to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Properties under one acre may use only one of those windows. Properties of one acre or larger may water only before 4 a.m. and after 8 p.m. (source).
New lawns and plants in Sarasota
New lawns and plants have a 60-day establishment period (source). Days 1 to 30 allow watering any day of the week. Days 31 to 60 allow watering three days a week, and you must keep a written watering schedule. Even-numbered addresses water Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Odd-numbered addresses water Monday, Wednesday and Saturday (source).
Plants, car washing and wells under the restrictions
Residents may still handwater plants other than lawns, or use microirrigation, on any day, before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m. (source). Car washing at home is allowed only on your lawn watering day, with a hose that has a shutoff nozzle (source). The restrictions apply to residents using potable, well or surface water, so a private well does not change your day (source).
Report a violation or get an irrigation check in Sarasota
The district says to report violations to your local utility. For questions about the restrictions themselves, it lists Water.Restrictions@WaterMatters.org, 1-800-836-0797 inside Florida, and (813) 856-5679 during business hours (source). Sarasota County lists an Irrigation Evaluation service on its home page (source), and UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County lists soil and irrigation water testing (source).
Sarasota watering questions
What are the Sarasota watering restrictions?
Sarasota County is under the Southwest Florida Water Management District Modified Phase III Extreme Water Shortage restrictions through March 31, 2027. Addresses ending in 0 or 1 water Monday, 2 or 3 Tuesday, 4 or 5 Wednesday, 6 or 7 Thursday, and 8 or 9 Friday. Lawn watering is limited to midnight to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
What time can I water my lawn in Sarasota?
Lawn watering is limited to midnight to 4 a.m. or 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. A property under one acre uses only one of those two windows. A property of one acre or larger may water only before 4 a.m. and after 8 p.m.
How do new Sarasota lawns and plants get watered?
New lawns and plants have a 60-day establishment period. Days 1 to 30 allow watering any day. Days 31 to 60 allow three days a week with a written watering schedule: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday for even addresses, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday for odd addresses.
What a Sarasota watering visit covers
A Sarasota watering visit starts at the controller and ends in the yard. We open the controller, read what is programmed, and run every zone while we walk the property so we see each head working. Sarasota yards mix turf, shrub beds and drip lines, and each one needs its own run time, so we program zones separately and keep the schedule to the days and hours you need. We check for heads that spray the driveway, nozzles that clog with sand, valves that stick, and rain sensors that no longer shut the system off. We replace what is worn, aim what is crooked and level what has sunk. After the repairs we time a run in each zone to learn how much water it applies, set run times from that, and save the program with a seasonal adjust. We write the final schedule on a sheet and leave it at the controller, with a note of which zones cover which parts of the yard. A visit covers a zone-by-zone check, repairs, controller programming and that written sheet. We do not interpret the county rules for you, and we point you to Sarasota County for any question about what the rules require.
County and district sources we used
- Southwest Florida Water Management District, Water Restrictions, fetched November 3, 2026.
- Sarasota County government, fetched November 3, 2026.
- UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County, fetched November 3, 2026.
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