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Title 13 — Public Services›Chapter 13.15 — WATER

Santa Clara Municipal Code Art. IV Regulation of Recycled Water Service and Use

Santa Clara Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Santa Clara

Cite as: Santa Clara Municipal Code Article IV · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 13.15.150. Recycled water regulations.

The requirements contained in the City's recycled water regulations are hereby adopted and incorporated by this reference and made a part of the City's rules and regulations for water service and use.

(Ord. 1705 § 2, 10-21-1997; Formerly § 31-15)

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§ 13.15.160. Purpose and intent of regulation of recycled water service and use.

(a) It is the purpose and intent of the City Council to prohibit the use of potable water for landscape irrigation where recycled water is made available and meets all applicable standards.

(b) It is also the purpose and intent of the City Council to require the use of recycled water for all other nonpotable uses where recycled water is made available, meets all applicable standards for those uses and is determined to be suitable and economically feasible therefor.

(Ord. 1705 § 2, 10-21-1997; Formerly § 31-16)

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