USES FOR RECYCLED WATER THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
Recycled wastewater is used in more than 180 cities and communities throughout California.
Here is a sampling of recycled water use in the various areas of the state: Click on titles to view.
Northern Coast / Bay Area
Anguin: agricultural irrigation Antioch: industrial Arcata: freshwater marsh enhancement Bodega Bay: golf course and landscape irrigation Calistoga: vineyard, landscape, and golf course, agricultural irrigation Concord: golf course and landscape irrigation Crescent City: landscape irrigation Daly City: golf course and landscape irrigation Dublin: landscape, park, school, and median irrigation Fairfield: agricultural irrigation Ferndale: pasture irrigation Fort Bragg: vineyard and landscape irrigation Gilroy: flower and vegetable seed, Christmas tree farm, and landscape irrigation Gualala: landscape irrigation Hayward: wildlife habitat enhancement and golf course irrigation Lakeport: pasture irrigation Martinez: wildlife habitat enhancement, landscape irrigation, industrial irrigation, |
McKinleyville: agricultural irrigation Mill Valley: landscape irrigation Milpitas: landscape irrigation Montague: agricultural irrigation Morgan Hill: flower and vegetable seed, Christmas tree farm, and landscape irrigation Napa: vineyard and golf course irrigation Novato: golf course, pasture and agricultural irrigation Oakland: landscape, golf course, median, and freeway irrigation Palo Alto: golf course and landscape irrigation Petaluma: agricultural, landscape, tree and pasture irrigation Pleasanton: landscape irrigation Pleasant Hill: landscape and golf course irrigation Red Bluff: freeway and landscape irrigation Redding: landscape, school, and pasture irrigation and wash down log decks Mountain View: wildlife habitat enhancement |
Richmond: cooling tower, golf course, industrial and landscape irrigation Rohnert Park: golf course, school, park, and landscape irrigation Santa Clara: landscape, golf course, park, school, median, and cemetery irrigation San Francisco: landscape irrigation golf course San Jose: golf course, park, school, and medians landscaping, industrial cooling, landscape and agricultural irrigation San Leandro: landscape, median, and golf course irrigation San Mateo: agricultural irrigation San Rafael: cemetery, cooling tower, schoolyard, landscape, industrial, and agricultural irrigation, toilet flushing, car washes San Ramon: landscape, park, school, and median landscaping Santa Rosa: crop, vineyard, landscape, greenbelt, golf course, and pasture irrigation, agricultural irrigation, geothermal well field recharge |
San Lorenzo: landscape irrigation Scotts Valley: Large landscape irrigation including parks and schools Smith River: agricultural irrigation Sonoma: crop, vineyard, blueberry and other agricultural irrigation, landscape irrigation, and wildlife habitat enhancement St Helena: vineyard, landscape, and golf course irrigation Sunnyvale: landscape, golf course, park, and school irrigation Susanville: alfalfa irrigation Terra Linda: Parks, athletic fields, public landscaping Tiburon: landscape irrigation Union City: wildlife habitat enhancement Weed: agricultural irrigation Wesport: agricultural irrigation Willits: agricultural irrigation Windsor: residential landscape irrigation, agricultural and landscape irrigation Yountville: agricultural irrigation |
Central Coast
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Atascadero: golf course and landscape irrigation Cambria: fodder feed for a cattle operation Goleta: golf course, agricultural and landscape irrigation Guadalupe: pasture and landscape irrigation Lompoc: corn and agricultural irrigation |
Mission Hills: agricultural irrigation Monterey: golf course, park, landscape and agricultural irrigation Carmel: golf course, park, and landscape irrigation Castroville: artichoke and other food crops irrigation San Luis Obispo: crop, landscape, agricultural, and golf course irrigation |
Santa Barbara: landscape and agricultural irrigation, golf course, park, schools, and median landscaping, and cooling towers Santa Cruz: industrial, landscape and agricultural irrigation Santa Maria: pasture and agricultural irrigation Davenport: Brussels sprouts irrigation |
Carmel: landscape irrigation and wildlife habitat enhancement Solvang: pasture and agricultural irrigation Uplands: landscape irrigation Watsonville: artichokes, lettuce and other food crops and landscape irrigation |
Central Valley
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Auburn: agricultural irrigation Bakersfield: fiber, fodder, and grain crop irrigation, hay irrigation, and golf course irrigation Ceres: landscape irrigation Coalinga: crop irrigation Chowchilla: cotton irrigation Corcoran: alfalfa and corn irrigation Delano: alfalfa and grain irrigation Exeter: plum irrigation Farmersville: pasture irrigation |
Fresno: wine grape irrigation, alfalfa and other crop irrigation, and landscape irrigation Galt: pasture irrigation Grass Valley: agricultural irrigation Hanford: cotton irrigation Lemoore: cotton and fodder irrigation Lincoln: agricultural irrigation Livermore: golf course, landscape, and freeway irrigation and fire protection Lodi: corn and other agricultural irrigation, boiler feed at power plant, fish rearing ponds |
Los Banos: pasture irrigation Loyalton: agricultural irrigation Madera: crop, golf course, and pasture irrigation Manteca: orange groves, dairy feed alfalfa, and corn and agricultural irrigation Merced: wetland/wildlife habitat enhancement Modesto: agricultural irrigation Oroville: cooling tower Patterson: agricultural irrigation |
Porterville: alfalfa and landscape irrigation Rancho Murieta: landscape irrigation Roseville: golf course and landscape irrigation Selma: cotton and wheat and plum orchard irrigation Taft: alfalfa irrigation Tulare: crop and landscape irrigation Turlock: agricultural irrigation Wasco: alfalfa, cotton, and sugar beet irrigation |
Sierra/ Sierra Foothills
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Amador: pasture irrigation Angel’s Camp: pasture and landscape irrigation California City: landscape irrigation |
Edwards Air Force Base: landscape irrigation El Dorado Hills: golf course and landscape irrigation Groveland: golf course and landscape irrigation |
Jamestown: crop and other agricultural irrigation, landscape, and pasture irrigation Marysville: landscape irrigation Ridgecrest: landscape irrigation |
South Lake Tahoe: pasture and landscape irrigation Susanville: agricultural irrigation Tuolumne: agricultural irrigation |
Southern California
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Antelope Valley: park irrigation and recreational ponds Barstow: alfalfa and other agricultural irrigation Big Bear: agricultural irrigation Bishop: pasture and landscape irrigation Burbank: power plant cooling and landscape, park, school, and freeway median landscaping Calabasas: park, median, freeway, school, golf course, and landscape irrigation Calipatria: wildlife habitat Camarillo: lemons and seed, landscape, and pasture irrigation Camp Pendleton: golf course and landscape irrigation Cardiff: landscape irrigation, other mixed types Carlsbad: crop and landscape irrigation, groundwater recharge Coachella Valley: landscape and agricultural irrigation Corona: landscape irrigation Costa Mesa: golf course and landscape irrigation Crestline: agricultural, landscape, and industrial irrigation Dana Point: landscape, school, and median irrigation and streetscapes Death Valley: golf course irrigation Del Mar: landscape irrigation |
El Segundo: golf course and landscape irrigation Elsinore: landscape irrigation, wildlife habitat enhancement Encinitas: agricultural irrigation Escondido: industrial, landscape, and crop irrigation, recreational impoundment Fallbrook: agricultural and landscape irrigation Fountain Valley: seawater barrier Goleta: large landscape irrigation, including parks and schools Toilet flushing Glendale: golf course, landscape, cooling tower, cemetery, and freeway irrigation Indian Hills: agricultural irrigation, wildlife habitat Indio: crop and fodder irrigation Inglewood: park, median, freeway, school, golf course, cemetery, and landscape irrigation Inland Empire: agricultural, landscape, industrial irrigation, and other mixed types Irvine: golf course, landscape, agricultural irrigation, and other mixed types Laguna Beach: golf course and nursery plant irrigation, landscape irrigation Laguna Niguel: landscape irrigation Laguna Hills: golf course and landscape irrigation |
Lake Arrowhead: crop irrigation Lakeside: agricultural irrigation Lancaster: wildlife refuge, recreational impoundment, agricultural and landscape irrigation Long Beach: golf course, landscape, park, playground, school, and freeway irrigation Los Angeles: golf course, landscape, freeway, school, park, and cemetery irrigation, concrete mix, water for carpet dying fire protection, and dust control Mission Viejo: landscape irrigation Moreno Valley: landscape irrigation Newport Beach: golf course, freeway, school, park, and landscape irrigation Oceanside: landscape irrigation and wetland/wildlife enhancement Orange: industrial, agricultural, and landscape irrigation Palmdale: crop and agricultural irrigation, Christmas tree farm irrigation Palm Desert: golf course and landscape irrigation Palm Springs: golf course, landscape, park, schools, freeway, and median landscaping Perris Valley: agricultural irrigation |
Pomona: Paper manufacturing, dust control, and park, playground, school, cooling tower, golf course, strawberry, freeway, and landscape irrigation Riverside: golf course, landscape and crop irrigation San Bernardino: steel plant cooling, golf course, agricultural and landscape San Clemente: golf course, landscape, and agricultural irrigation San Diego: landscape, golf course, parks, school, median, and industrial irrigation, wildlife habitat, other mixed types San Elijo: landscape irrigation, other mixed types San Jacinto: agricultural irrigation Santa Barbara: Golf courses, schools, parks, sports fields, housing development landscaping, highway landscaping, Hotel landscaping, zoo landscaping. Santa Maria: agricultural irrigation Temecula: agricultural and landscape irrigation Tustin: other mixed types Twentynine Palms: golf course and landscape irrigation Upland: golf course and landscape irrigation Ventura: food crops, landscape irrigation, and golf course irrigation Victorville: Golf Course Victor Valley: industrial irrigation |