Uses of Reclaimed Water

Reclaimed water can be used for many purposes including:

• Irrigation of golf courses, parks, residential properties, highway medians, and other landscaped areas.

• Urban uses such as toilet flushing, car washing, dust control, and aesthetic purposes (i.e. decorative lakes, ponds, and fountains)

• Agricultural uses such as irrigation of edible food crops such as, citrus, corn, and soybeans; other crops such as, pasture lands, grasslands, and other feed and fodder crops; and irrigation at nurseries.

• Wetlands creation, restoration, and enhancement.

• Recharging ground water with the use of rapid infiltration basins (percolation ponds), absorption fields, and direct injection to ground waters.

• Augmentation of surface waters that are used for drinking water supplies.

• Industrial uses including plant wash down, processing water, and cooling water purposes.