Sprinkler & Irrigation Services in Richmond

When can you water in Richmond? Richmond follows Metro Vancouver’s regional lawn watering rules, which apply every year from May 1 to October 15. Under the normal Stage 1 rules:

• Homes, even-numbered addresses: water lawns on Saturdays.
• Homes, odd-numbered addresses: water lawns on Sundays.
• Times for homes: sprinklers and automatic systems 5 am to 7 am; hand watering 6 am to 9 am.
• Businesses, strata and other non-residential properties: even addresses on Mondays and odd addresses on Tuesdays, with automatic systems 4 am to 6 am and hand watering 6 am to 9 am.
• Trees, shrubs and flowers: drip irrigation, soaker hoses and hand watering any day, any time; sprinklers any day from 5 am to 9 am (4 am to 9 am for non-residential).
• Vegetable gardens: any time.
• New lawns: need a watering permit from the city to water outside these times.

In dry summers the rules tighten in stages. Check the current stage on Metro Vancouver’s website before you change your schedule, or let us set your controller to the right days and times for you.

In 2026, Metro Vancouver moved to Stage 2 water restrictions on May 1 and Stage 3 on June 8. Lawn watering was banned, and trees, shrubs and flowers could only be watered by hand or with drip irrigation. If you’re in Richmond, a properly set-up drip system is the easiest way to keep gardens alive through a dry summer while staying within the rules. We convert spray zones to drip and set controllers so they only run when and where they’re allowed.

Richmond requires backflow preventers to be tested when installed and every year after. Test reports go to the City with a renewal decal and an annual fee. We test irrigation backflow preventers and can help you with the filing.

Neighbourhoods we often work in: Steveston, Terra Nova, Broadmoor, Seafair, Thompson and Hamilton. We cover all of Richmond.