Sprinkler, irrigation & drainage services in Apex, NC
Every sprinkler, irrigation, and drainage service we bring to one of America’s fastest-growing towns — tuned to Apex’s odd/even schedule and Jordan Lake water.
Your local sprinkler & irrigation team in Apex
Apex has been one of the fastest-growing towns in America for a decade, and its yards show it: thousands of builder-installed irrigation systems, all hitting their first real repairs at about the same time, on lots where the topsoil left with the construction crew.
Here is everything we do in Apex, plus the local water facts — the shared Cary-Apex plant, the odd/even schedule, the permit rules — that shape how systems here should be set up.
Everything we do in Apex
Every service below has a dedicated Apex page with local detail, pricing guidance, and its own FAQ:
- Sprinkler Repair in Apex
- Irrigation Repair in Apex
- Irrigation Maintenance in Apex
- Backflow Testing & Repair in Apex
- Sprinkler Installation in Apex
- Smart Controllers in Apex
- Winterization & Spring Startup in Apex
- Commercial & HOA Irrigation in Apex
- French Drains & Drainage in Apex
- Landscape Lighting in Apex
What Apex homeowners deal with
Apex’s water setup is its own thing, and systems here run best when they’re built around it.
What to know about water in Apex
Apex water is treated at the jointly owned Cary-Apex Water Treatment Facility drawing from Jordan Lake, which delivers steady, consistent pressure — we tune head spacing and nozzle choice to it. The town sets watering days by address on an odd/even schedule: odd-numbered addresses water Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, even-numbered addresses Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and nobody is scheduled Monday. Hand watering is allowed any day. This is a standing year-round rule rather than a drought measure — it applies in a wet spring as much as a dry August.
Irrigation systems need a town permit and a backflow preventer under Apex’s cross-connection program. Residential irrigation assemblies are tested once every three years, and Apex tracks them through AquaResource rather than through the town office or the BSI system its southern neighbours use — a different portal, a different login, and one more reason people lose track of where they stand. A rain sensor set at a quarter of an inch is required on every automatic system, and watering that runs off onto a driveway or the street is a violation in its own right.
The ground is classic Wake County clay: it sheds water fast, so cycle-and-soak programming matters more here than almost anywhere, and drainage problems show up early on lots where grading was an afterthought. Fitting an effective programme inside three assigned days is the whole game, and it is worth setting the controller up properly once rather than adjusting it all summer.
One thing Apex does not have, despite its neighbours: piped reclaimed water for home irrigation. Cary runs purple pipe and so do parts of Morrisville and Holly Springs, but state filings show Apex with no residential reclaimed connections. The bulk fill station on West Lake Road is Cary’s, not the town’s. If someone has told you that your Apex system can be switched to reclaimed, it is worth checking before you plan around it.
Apex has also been quietly lucky on supply, and it is worth understanding why. Because the Cary-Apex plant draws on Jordan Lake, Apex spent 2026 without mandatory restrictions while towns on other sources went to stage limits — Fuquay-Varina restricted off Falls Lake in April, Holly Springs followed Harnett County in July. Apex, Cary and Morrisville issued a joint notice asking for voluntary care instead. The town does keep a formal water shortage response plan with escalation stages behind the odd/even baseline, so the schedule can tighten; it simply has not needed to. If a stage is ever declared we reset controllers to it after any repair rather than to whatever they were running before.
Worth knowing before a new system goes in: Apex publishes its numbers. An irrigation permit runs $75 and a single-family split tap $800, with irrigation billed water-only at $6.59 per thousand gallons inside town on a $6.00 monthly base — no sewer charge on water that goes on the lawn. State law also requires a separate meter, a lockable cutoff and a testable backflow device on any lot platted since July 2009.
Common calls we get in Apex
- Builder-grade systems coming of age. Undersized valves and shared zones from the construction boom are now failing — we rework them properly.
- Odd/even schedule confusion. We reprogram controllers to Apex’s address-based watering days so you stay compliant without thinking about it.
- “Which portal am I in?” Apex files backflow tests through AquaResource, not the system Cary or Holly Springs use. We handle the submission so it lands in the right place.
- New-sod yards drying in strips. Coverage gaps from rushed installs; we audit head-to-head coverage and fix the spacing.
- Water pooling against foundations. Fast-shedding clay plus builder grading equals wet crawlspaces — French drains and downspout extensions solve it.
Apex neighborhoods we serve
Scotts Mill, Haddon Hall, and Bella Casa fill a lot of our Apex schedule — newer subdivisions with builder systems — alongside established streets near downtown Apex where systems have had twenty years to drift out of tune.
Recent work around the Triangle
What our Triangle neighbors say
Why Apex chooses Cary Sprinklers
We have watched Apex grow and we know what its building boom left underground. Owner-led, licensed and insured, 100% satisfaction guarantee, 12-month workmanship warranty. Call or text 919-341-9644 and talk to someone who has worked in your neighborhood.
Apex through the year
Apex hands you one advantage most towns do not: pressure from the Cary-Apex plant on Jordan Lake is steady and consistent, so the variable in your system is almost never supply. That makes scheduling the thing worth getting right, because when pressure is reliable, everything that goes wrong is either mechanical or programmed.
The odd/even schedule sets your watering days by address, and the summer job is fitting an effective program inside it. On Wake County clay that means cycle-and-soak: a few brief passes spaced apart, in place of one sustained soak. Apex needs it more than most of the county, because ground this tight sheds water almost as fast as you can put it down. A single long cycle on your allotted day mostly waters the street.
Spring is inspection season, and on the newer subdivisions it is also when settlement shows. Scotts Mill, Haddon Hall and Bella Casa were built on graded lots, and heads that were flush at handover drift up or down over the first several seasons. Resetting them to the grade that exists now is a short job that prevents a summer of dry patches.
Autumn brings the drainage calls, because Apex clay does not hide a grading problem for long once the rain returns. It is also the right time to correct one: ground opened in October has recovered by spring.
Working with us in Apex
If you are installing a new system in Apex, the permit is part of the job and we handle it. Apex runs its own cross-connection program alongside the permit requirement, so a system that goes in properly here has paperwork attached to it from the start — which is a nuisance on the day and a genuine asset when you sell the house.
Before we draw anything we measure pressure and flow at the property. Steady town supply does not mean identical supply, and elevation and pipe size still vary street to street. Design from an assumed number and you get a system that performs well everywhere but the furthest corner — which, without fail, is the corner visible from the kitchen window.
Our Apex work splits roughly between the newer subdivisions, where builder systems are reaching their first real tune-up, and the established streets near downtown, where systems have had twenty years to drift out of tune. Those need different things: the first wants zoning and scheduling corrected, the second wants worn parts found before they fail as a set.
Either way you get a diagnosis and a price before work starts, with anything non-urgent separated out so you can decide what happens this season and what waits for the next.
Apex sprinkler & irrigation FAQ
Does Apex really require a permit for irrigation work?
New systems need a permit and a backflow preventer under the town’s cross-connection program — we handle compliant installs and upgrades.
What is Apex’s watering schedule?
Odd/even by address. We set your controller to your days and dial run times so the lawn still gets deep watering.
Why does my newer Apex system already need repair?
Construction-boom installs often cut corners — shared zones, undersized valves, shallow lines. Common, and fixable.
Do you do drainage work in Apex?
Yes — French drains, downspout drainage, and grading correction, which Apex’s clay and new construction make common.
How fast can you get to Apex?
Apex is minutes from our Cary shop — it is some of our quickest response territory.
Get your free quote in Apex
Tell us what is going on with your Apex yard and we will get right back to you, usually the same day.
- Local, licensed & insured
- Upfront pricing — no surprises
- 100% guarantee + 12-month workmanship warranty
Need sprinkler, irrigation, or drainage help in Apex?
Local, licensed and insured, backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee and a 12-month workmanship warranty.