Burbank's recycled water meets the most stringent criteria for recycled water defined in the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 4, Chapter 3 requirement as Disinfected Tertiary Recycled Water in that it is approved for all uses, including full-body contact, with the exception of human consumption. 


Benefits to Using Recycled Water

• Recycled water rates are lower than potable water rates and there is an abundant supply.
• Reduces wastewater thereby lowering customer sewer charges.
• Provide a drought-resistant water supply to customers.
• Protecting customer’s substantial investment in landscaping.
• Recycled Water customers are exempt from landscape water use ordinances.
• No quantity limits of how much recycled water a customer can use.
• Customer adds to the sustainability and strengthens our regional economy.
• Conserves drinking water in Burbank that would otherwise be used for landscape irrigation.

Uses of Recycled Water

• Landscape irrigations of Parks, playgrounds, schoolyards, Medians, Cemeteries, Freeways, and Golf courses
• Industrial or commercial cooling or air conditioning involving cooling tower
• Decorative fountains and water features
• Flushing toilets and urinals
• Industrial process water that may contact workers
• Structural fire fighting
• Commercial laundries
• Consolidation of backfill material around pipelines
• Commercial car washes not done by hand & excluding the general public from the washing process
• Industrial boiler feed
• Nonstructural fire fighting
• Soil compaction
• Mixing concrete
• Dust control on roads and streets
• Cleaning roads, sidewalks, and outdoor work areas
• Flushing sanitary sewers