With reservoir levels dropping and no significant rainfall in sight, Raleigh officials are tightening the spigot. Beginning Tuesday, Raleigh water customers -- including residents of Garner, Knightdale, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell and Zebulon -- will be under Stage One conservation rules. That means residents can water their lawns once a week instead of three days, and only mornings and evenings. Fines are also going up. A first violation is $200, a second $1,000 and a third will result in your water being shut off. The details:

IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

Automatic or nonautomatic systems can be used once a week between midnight and 10 a.m on Tuesday (odd-numbered addresses) or Wednesday (even-numbered addresses).

HOSE-END SPRINKLERS

Can be used once a week between 6 and 10 a.m. and 6 and 10 p.m. Tuesdays (odd-numbered addresses) or Wednesdays (even-numbered addresses).

HAND-HELD WATERING

Allowed two days a week -- 6 to 10 a.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays (odd-numbered addresses) or Wednesdays and Sundays (even-numbered addresses).

WASHING YOUR CAR AT HOME

Allowed only on Saturdays and Sundays.

SWIMMING POOLS

You can add water only to provide for proper operation and sanitary conditions.

RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

Drinking water won't be served at restaurants unless requested. Hotels and motels will ask guests to use their towels and bed linens more than once between laundering.

EXEMPTIONS

You're exempt if you use nonpotable or reused water for landscape irrigation, or you're watering commercial plants for resale.

For more information on Triangle water restrictions, go online to www.newsobserver.com/news/infocentral_water/.