my post (two above) covers the water restrictions that Daniellabella is living under.

up to recently, it was twice a week (6-9am). Just recently it was changed to 5x a week, an hour each time.

but because we have been under water restrictions for years, and used to hearing gloomy reports about how low the dams are, our water usage is still not high (as a city) even know restrictions have been eased (after a few big rains - big for here, small for other parts of australia), most people are just too scared to waste water i think - with good reason.

the city is mainly built on clay soils, so if properties are not kept watered, in many areas, this has an impact on the house too, (cracking of the walls).

sales of drought tolerant plants and synthetic lawn have gone up astronomically here.

even desert plants in my garden, like aloe vera and agaves, are so heat stressed it's not funny. Many of my succulents have either died or look so sick.