Frequently Asked Questions

Residential and Business customers may use reclaimed water for landscape irrigation, especially in irrigation systems designed or converted to comply with Reclaimed water irrigation requirements. Reclaimed water can also be used for a limited number of other purposes like:

• Cooling tower and boiler blow-down water
• Decorative ponds and fountains that do not have a drain to surface waters, storm drains, or catch basins. These must display permanent weatherproof signage
• Directional boring
• Dust control for street sweeping
• General construction purposes such as soil compaction, dust control, and asphalt reclamation
• Pesticide application
• Pressure washing
• Roadway pre-treatment
• Toilet flushing
• Vehicle washing

• Connection of a reclaimed water hose to any part of your house plumbing
• Drinking
• Excessive watering
• Irrigation during inclement weather
• Runoff from irrigated areas to run into the street, ditches, or streams
• Water to form ponds or pools