As well as all the above measures, kindergartens and elementary and high schools will close, and cars will be driven only on alternate days; those with license plates that end in odd numbers can be driven on odd-numbered days, and those with plates ending in even numbers on even-numbered days.
The state's environmental commissioner, Bradley Campbell, said that statewide, residents whose address ends with an even number can water on even-numbered days and those with an odd number can water on odd-numbered days.
House addresses with even numbers may water only on even-numbered days of the month; those with odd-numbered addresses can water only on odd-numbered days of the month.
Under the relaxed restrictions announced yesterday, residents may water their lawns every other day; those with an odd-numbered street address may water on odd-numbered days, and those with even house numbers may water on even-numbered days.
Lawn watering is only permitted on alternate days based on address, even-numbered houses on even-numbered days, odd-numbered houses on odd-numbered days.
Houses with even-numbered street addresses are permitted to water on even-numbered days and vice-versa.
The system was regulated through license-plate numbers: cars with plates ending in even digits could be used only on even-numbered days, and the odds were limited to odd days.
One alternative would be to require homes with even-numbered addresses to conserve on even-numbered days and homes with odd-numbered addresses to conserve on odd-numbered days, the team said.
In New Jersey, drivers in the northern half of the state will be limited to buying gas on odd- or even-numbered days, depending on the last digit of their license plates.
At least one driver was arrested for pulling a gun on a gas station attendant who would not fill his car, with odd-numbered plates, on an even-numbered day.
It was shown that strong solar proton events are more frequent during even-numbered solar cycles than during odd-numbered ones with a probability of more than 0.93.
