INDIANAPOLIS -
The watering ban is difficult for individuals, but it can be even harder for businesses.
A lack of rain can have a huge impact on their bottom lines.
It's quiet late on a Friday, but earlier, the phone at Factory Direct Home Improvements didn't stop ringing with word of the water ban.
"We've had to cancel a lot of appointments and we can't pressure wash a lot of the decks and siding that we normally do through on a weekly basis," said Nathan Brown at Factory Direct Home Improvements.
Brown canceled a few dozen appointments in Marion County, but the cancellation list could keep growing if a significant amount of rain doesn't come soon.
"I just found that Fishers is going to this ban on Monday. So I'd imagine that other counties and cities would follow suit, which thus, that will give us more cancellations," Brown said.
There has been an upside to it all.
"We have been seeing a lot of windows now and the reason why is because the energy efficiency, so people are saving," Brown added.
People will be saving water, while counties save on water.
Even before the water ban, home improvement projects like refinishing decks, cleaning siding, redoing roofs had taken a backseat for another reason.
"The heat has been a huge factor, I'd say, within the last month-and-a-half," explained Jay Ward with Access Property Solutions.
Ward said his crews don't work on roofs in the sweltering temperatures.
"If you do get these calls, you really can't work," Ward added.
His company is still busy cleaning the Indianapolis Medal of Honor Memorial along the canal. The glass memorial doesn't take much water. It's his home maintenance jobs that have taken a hit.
"People, they don't know the roof's leaking, there's no rain. You know, the gutters don't need cleaned because they don't leak," Ward said.
Ward said with the water ban, no one has been cleaning much of anything.
"Nothing," he said.
If they do, businesses and the homeowners who hire them could face hefty fines.
Jay Ward cleans the Indianapolis Medal of Honor Memorial along the canal.
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