Conway homeowners may water one day a week. Their HOA covenants have not changed
Conway homeowners may water one day a week. Their HOA covenants have not changed
2026-09-09 · Arkansas · Compliance
Conway Corp moved to Phase 3 water curtailment on August 19, 2026, and it is still in force. Lawn watering is down to one day a week. Nothing in Arkansas law stops a homeowners association from fining a member whose lawn browns as a result.
That gap is not hypothetical and it is not new law — it is the absence of law, meeting a drought that has now run for more than a year.
What Phase 3 requires
Conway Corp, the municipal utility serving Conway, publishes an Emergency Water Curtailment Plan enforced under City of Conway Ordinance O-99-74. Curtailment became mandatory after June 1, 2026; Phase 2 followed in early June; Phase 3 took effect on August 19 and remains current.1
Under Phase 3, the utility's own words: the “[e]ven numbered side of the street may water on Saturday only” and the “[o]dd numbered side of street may water on Sunday only.” “No watering may be done Monday through Friday.”
Some outdoor use survives: “minimum hand watering of potted plants and flower beds using hand-held containers,” and vehicle washing at “high pressure, low water usage car washes or, if at home, using a pressure washer or a garden hose with a shut-off nozzle.” Some does not: “[r]esidential swimming pools may not be filled from empty” — topping off is allowed — and splash pads that do not recycle or treat their water must cease operation.
Enforcement is real. Consequences under the ordinance include “fines and/or discontinuance of water service,” and Conway Corp says it is “monitoring compliance and evaluating enforcement measures that may include warnings, direct customer outreach and potential penalties for repeated violations.”
The driver is Brewer Lake, the utility's source water, which it reports as “more than 11 feet below its average level.” Phases 4 and 5, if reached, would prohibit outdoor water use altogether, irrigation included.
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Related Arkansas HOA Topics
- Conway Corp, Emergency Water Curtailment Plan — Phase 3 restrictions, enforcement under City of Conway Ordinance O-99-74 (current as of September 9, 2026) ↩
- Conway Corp, “Conway Corp Moves to Phase 3 Water Curtailment” (Aug. 19, 2026) ↩
- Arkansas Times, “Conway, Morrilton under water conservation orders” (June 5, 2026) ↩
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