Home Assistant: Water Delivery Reminders (Night Before + Garage Alexa)

March 16, 2026
Water Delivery Reminders

This one is simple: when I find out the water delivery is coming, I want a reminder the night before to put the bottles out. Then, on delivery day, if the garage door opens, I want the same kind of “don’t forget before you leave” reminders we already do for the garbage cans.

What I Added

  • Date picker: a date-only helper so I can enter the delivery date (no time).
  • Night-before reminder: runs at 8:00 PM and announces inside (via script.speech_engine) and in the garage (Alexa announce).
  • Delivery-day garage reminders: when the garage doors open (debounced), I get an inside announcement once, then repeat garage announcements while the door stays open.
  • Clear button: one tap to clear the delivery date after it’s done.

How I Use It

  • Go to my Water dashboard view (/lovelace/water).
  • Set water_delivery_date to the next delivery date.
  • After delivery, tap Clear Water Delivery Date to disable reminders.

The Package

I kept this self-contained as a package so it’s easy to drop in or modify later. Here’s the actual file in my repo:

config/packages/water_delivery.yaml

Notes

  • If the new helper entities don’t show up immediately, reload YAML helpers (or restart Home Assistant) and refresh Lovelace.
  • If you want a different “night before” time, change the 8:00 PM trigger in the package.

Draft generated with help from Codex

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