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Drought water restrictions are:

  1. Prohibit the hosing or washing of paved areas, buildings or windows.
  2. Prohibit operation of ornamental fountains, if they use treated water.
  3. Prohibit washing or rinsing of vehicles with a hose.
  4. Prohibit wasteful practices of irrigation systems such as allowing run-off into public rights of way, watering impervious areas, or allowing known leakage to continue.
  5. Prohibit outdoor watering with sprinklers between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. year round.
  6. Existing swimming pools may not be drained and refilled.
  7. Limit watering with sprinklers to once every seven days according to the following schedule:
  • Residents east of Washington Street may water on Saturdays and
  • Residents west of Washington Street may water on Sunday.
  • Exception:      Foundations and new plantings or shrubs and trees may be watered for up to 2 hours on any day by a handheld hose or soaker hose.

Current News

Farmer's Market

The 2010 Kaufman Farmers Market will begin on Saturday, June 5, and will continue every Saturday from 9-1 in June, July, September, October and the first two Saturdays in November. The Market has moved to 3001 S. Washington St. (the former Kaufman County Jail). For more information or an application, please contact Leslie Malone at 972-932-2216.

4th of July Parade

Keep Kaufman Beautiful will host the 8th Annual Independence Day Parade on Saturday, July 3rd. The Parade will begin at Kaufman High School at 10 a.m. and will continue down Washington St., around the Courthouse Square, and end at Shannon Park. Entry is free. To obtain an entry form or for more information, please contact Leslie Malone at 972-932-2216.

 

KKB Green space

Keep Kaufman Beautiful has been working diligently to improve what was once an empty lot adjacent to City Hall. With the addition of a gazebo, arbor, and numerous plants and flowers, what was once a blank canvas is now a great place to sit back and relax.