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Watering-day checker
A community resource from Landmark
Water wisely. Protect what you planted.
Find the current watering framework for five North Texas communities, then make every allowed watering day work harder for your lawn, trees and landscape.
Find your city ↓Last verified September 7, 2026
City rules can change with the season, drought stage or water supply. Landmark summarizes the information in plain English; the linked official city source is always the final authority.
Two useful answers in about a minute
What day can I water—and why is the yard still struggling?
Start with the rule. Then look at what the landscape is telling you before adding more runtime.
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60-second yard health check
Find the smarter first step.
This tool provides general landscape guidance, not a diagnosis. City rules and official sources control; site conditions require an onsite evaluation.
Start with where you live
Five cities. Five different schedules.
Choose your city for watering days, restricted hours, new-landscape guidance and a direct link to the official rules.
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Celina
Stage 2 · One day per weekUse Celina’s current city schedule to confirm the watering day assigned to your address.
View Celina guide →02
McKinney
Designated days · Water only as neededYour regular trash day is the primary watering day. The second day is available only when the landscape needs it.
View McKinney guide →03
Frisco
Fall schedule · One regular watering dayWater on the regular trash day and check Frisco’s current WaterWise recommendation before relying on any conditional second day.
View Frisco guide →04
Prosper
Summer schedule · Two zone daysConfirm your zone on Prosper’s official watering map before programming the controller.
View Prosper guide →05
The Colony
Phase 1 · Conservation encouragedPhase 1 encourages the same twice-weekly schedule used in Phases 2 and 3. Restrictions become more stringent in later phases.
View The Colony guide →Make the allowed water count
A healthier landscape does not begin with a longer runtime.
Start with the city schedule. Then focus on absorption, root depth and delivering water only where it helps.
Water only when the yard needs it
Allowed days are opportunities, not requirements. Skip a cycle after useful rain or when the soil below the surface is still moist.
Use cycle and soak
Split one long sprinkler run into shorter cycles with pauses between them. North Texas clay gets time to absorb the water instead of sending it into the street.
Protect roots, not pavement
Aim spray heads away from sidewalks, repair leaks and use drip or soaker hoses for trees and beds where city rules allow.
Help the soil hold moisture
Use mulch in beds, mow at an appropriate height and avoid removing more than one-third of the grass blade at a time.
The North Texas clay-soil habit
Short run. Quiet pause. Repeat.
If a zone normally runs for 18 minutes, try three 6-minute cycles with enough time between them for the soil to absorb the water. Exact timing depends on slope, soil, plant type and sprinkler output, but the principle is simple: stop before runoff starts.
- 01RunApply a short cycle
- 02SoakLet clay absorb it
- 03RepeatReach roots without runoff
Installing sod or new plants?
Check the city before the first shovel goes in.
Establishment rules are not the same across the service area. Prosper and McKinney offer approval-based variances in some situations, Frisco has seasonal limits, and Celina’s current Stage 2 rules prohibit establishing new sod or plants in existing landscapes.
Review your city first ↑Beautiful can also be water-conscious
Plan a landscape made for North Texas.
Landmark brings appropriate plants, efficient irrigation, drainage and thoughtful soil preparation into one connected plan.