CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A water shortage has been declared for the northeastern part of Cape Coral and unincorporated Lee County. Mandatory irrigation restrictions have also been put in place, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) announced.

Landscape irrigation is now limited to one day a week for water supplied by private wells.

According to SFWMD, the Mid-Hawthorn Aquifer provides water to most of the private wells in the area and is approximately 125 feet underground. Officials said water levels in the aquifer have hit record low levels due to a lack of rainfall this year.

If you live in the Cape Coral area mapped out above, here are the irrigation requirements:

• Addresses that end in 0 can irrigate on Mondays,12-4 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 1 can irrigate on Fridays, 4-8 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 2 can irrigate on Thursdays, 12-4 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 3 can irrigate on Wednesdays, 12-4 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 4 can irrigate on Sundays, 12-4 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 5 can irrigate on Saturdays, 12-4 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 6 can irrigate on Thursdays, 4-8 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 7 can irrigate on Wednesdays, 4-8 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 8 can irrigate on Sundays, 4-8 a.m.
• Addresses that end in 9 can irrigate on Saturdays, 4-8 a.m.
• For example: if your address is 123 Main Street, your address ends in 3 and can irrigate on Wednesdays between the hours of 12 a.m. (midnight) to 4 a.m.

Residents who live in the unincorporated Lee County area have the following irrigation requirements:

• Even-numbered addresses, installations with irrigation systems that irrigate both even and odd-numbered addresses within the same zones, such as multi-family units and homeowners’ associations, and rights-of-way or other locations with no address, can irrigate only on Sundays.
• Odd-numbered addresses can irrigate only on Saturdays.
• Landscape irrigation users located in unincorporated portions of
  northeastern Cape Coral, are prohibited from irrigating between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on their assigned day. 
• Low-volume irrigation (i.e. drip irrigation and microjet irrigation) shall be voluntarily reduced.
• Hand watering of existing landscape utilizing a self-canceling nozzle is allowed anytime for no more than 10 minutes per area for stress relief or to prevent plant die-off.

A water shortage warning that was issued on Nov. 21 is still in effect for all of Collier and Lee counties.

If you have questions on water conservation, click here.