Water agencies across the North America rely on reclaimed water. It is especially important in the arid Southwest part of the United States & California, where droughts frequently plague the residents.
Guidelines
Depending on where you are, you likely have access to guidelines from the agency responsible for the use of reclaimed water in your community:
- US EPA:
- Canada:
Best Practices
For the purpose of making the water reclamation process easier, we’ve come up with this list of best practices:
- Estimates suggest reclaimed water supports uses such as:
- Agriculture irrigation activities – 46% of the time
- Landscape irrigation activities – 21% of the time
- Groundwater recharge initiatives – 9% of the time
- There are many state and Federal regulations about reclaimed water. For state regulations, contact your local district.
- For Federal more regulations, refer to the EPA website.
- Given that reclaimed water will periodically come under monitoring by the state you live in, be it on a quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily, or continuous basis. For that reason, deploying a system with backend software that can provide this is key.
- The frequency of monitoring will depend on the state you live in. For example, the severity of the drought, and the method of use of the reclaimed water.
- Even though treatment typically makes reclaimed water safe and approved for landscape irrigation—with no disease concerns—it usually contains more salt than non-reclaimed water.
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