Water deeply and less often, early in the morning, so roots go deep. When restrictions come, as when the Bristol County Water Authority banned outdoor watering in Barrington, Bristol and Warren in 2019 and then allowed odd/even days, taller mowing, mulched beds and fall seeding keep the yard going. Brown, dormant grass usually recovers.
Updated November 11, 2026
The East Bay depends on one pipeline, and when it was repaired in 2019, lawn watering stopped. Here's how to water well and ride out a ban.
In September 2019 the Bristol County Water Authority banned all outdoor watering except hand-held cans, then moved to odd/even days by address, while the East Bay Pipeline was repaired. When that happens: mow taller, leave clippings, keep beds mulched, hand-water new plantings, and let the lawn go dormant; reseed in late summer if needed.
Dormant cool-season grass usually greens up when rain returns.
Check your water supplier; in Barrington, Bristol and Warren that's the Bristol County Water Authority.
Follow the restriction; hand-water only new plantings if allowed.
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