Thanks to recent

rains, it's getting a little easier for outdoor water users in the county.

The Coweta

County Commission took its cue from Newnan Utilities Tuesday afternoon

and approved easing water restrictions and limiting outdoor watering to

once a week.

Newnan Utilities

announced late last week it would move the water restrictions to a less

stringent level. Coweta County gets most of its water from the utility

company and decided to follow suit.

Watering will

now be limited to Saturdays from midnight to 8 a.m. for residents with

even-numbered addresses and Sunday from midnight to 8 a.m. for odd-numbered

residences.

County water

director Harry Hughes said landscapers would still be able to water new

plants at new developments, but once a home is turned over to the homeowner,

the watering will be limited to once a week.

The new restrictions

start this weekend. Recent rains have brought the utility company's reservoirs

to 61 percent capacity, Hughes said.