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; 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