Water Department

The City of Adairsville Water Department provides commercial and residential water service to residents and businesses in the Adairsville area. Adairsville sits on top of the Lewis Spring which the city draws about eight million gallons per day of water. Because of the abundance of water produced by the Lewis Spring, the Adairsville Water Department also sells water to both Bartow and Floyd Counties to help supplement their water systems.

Rates

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Water Restrictions

Due to the current drought situation in Georgia the Environmental Protection Division has placed Northern Georgia Drought Response Level IV. This means water utility customers are strictly prohibited from performing outdoor water activities.

Exemptions

• Personal food gardens from 12:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. daily. Watering is not allowed after 10:00 a.m.!
• New commercial landscapes installed by professionally certified or licensed landscapers for a period of fifteen (15) calendar days following initial landscape installation from 12:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only! After this 15-day period has expired, the Outdoor Watering Restriction Schedule must be followed! A New Landscape Exemption Permit must be obtained from our department prior to any new landscape installation. (Note: A copy of the landscaper's business license must be presented to our department prior to the issuance of a New Landscape Exemption Permit.)
• Golf course greens. Irrigation of tees and fairways are prohibited if the water source is a water service utility provider!
• Businesses dependent upon daily outdoor watering activities such as car washers; sod producers; ornamental growers; fruit and vegetable producers; retail garden centers; hydro-seeding; power-washing (only for public health and safety reasons); construction sites; watering-in of pesticides and herbicides on turf (12:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only!); and recapture and re-use of cooling system condensate or storm water and re-use of gray water in compliance with applicable local ordinances.

Irrigations performed from the utilization of reclaimed wastewater from a system permitted by the Environmental Protection Division (E.P.D.) and/or private wells not requiring E.P.D. water withdrawal permits.