Vancouver’s First Water Conservation Rules – August 30, 1897
Council agreed with the Water and Market Committee’s rule “That ….sprinkling the street with hose by private consumers is strictly forbidden and no person …shall be allowed to sprinkle… lawns, gardens, yards or grounds…except between the hours of 5 and 8 o’clock in the morning and 6 and 10 o’clock in the evening.” The streets were sprinkled with water to keep dust down during dry weather.