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Water Board Approves Residential Recycled Water Fill Stations page 2 of
<br />To date, the residential recycled water fill station projects have been tremendously popular. For water
<br />recyclers, it is an opportunity to showcase the benefits of recycled water and for homeowners, the
<br />opportunity to preserve landscape plants and trees despite serious potable water use restrictions during
<br />drought. Still, the volume of recycled water distributed from residential fill stations is small compared
<br />to pipeline -projects and commercial truck -hauling. For example, DSRSD reported as of July, their
<br />2,500 residential pick-up customers have hauled 12 million gallons, versus about 1,500 million gallons
<br />used by fixed -pipeline projects in the same time. Livermore reported residential customer pick-ups of
<br />2.2 million gallons. But the objective is not to maximize the volume served, but rather to provide
<br />recycled water to widely distributed residential property end -uses, in timely manner, now, during the
<br />drought. One recycled water agency noted the most satisfying benefit of their residential fill station
<br />program is educational outreach, with their customers now well-educated about recycled water, and
<br />even active advocates for increased use of this valuable and available resource. Tempering those
<br />benefits, another agency noted that some customers are using the water to maintain lawns in near -pre -
<br />drought conditions; for those customers, the availability of recycled water may be reducing the
<br />perceived need to switch to drought -tolerant, water -efficient landscapes.
<br />Residential Recvcled Water Fill Station Proiects in SF Bav Region, as of July 2015
<br />LOCATION
<br />ADDRESS
<br />DAYS
<br />TIMES
<br />Central Contra Costa
<br />Sanitation District,
<br />At Household Hazardous Waste Facility,
<br />M, T, W, Th, F
<br />8 am to 6 pm
<br />Martinez
<br />4797 Imhoff Place, Martinez
<br />and Saturday
<br />Delta Diablo Sanitation
<br />2500 Pittsburg -Antioch Hwy.
<br />S & S
<br />9 am to 3 pm
<br />District, Pittsburg/Antioch
<br />Dublin San Ramon Services
<br />M, T, W, Th, F
<br />10 am to 7 pm
<br />District: Pleasanton:
<br />7399 Johnson Drive, Pleasanton
<br />S&S
<br />8amto3pm
<br />Dublin Blvd at Clark Avenue, Dublin
<br />M, W, F
<br />9 am to 4 pm
<br />Dublin:
<br />City of Livermore
<br />M, T, W, Th, F
<br />6:30 am to 8:30 am
<br />At Livermore Water Reclamation Plant,
<br />T, W & F
<br />2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
<br />101 W. Jack London Blvd., Livermore
<br />M & Th
<br />12 Noon to 7:00 pm
<br />North Coast County Water
<br />At NCCWD office,
<br />District, Pacifica
<br />2400 Francisco Blvd. Pacifica
<br />North Marin Water
<br />At NMWD office,
<br />M, T, W, Th, F
<br />8 am to 4 pm
<br />District, Novato
<br />999 Rush Creek Place, Novato
<br />Palo Alto
<br />Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant,
<br />M, T, W, Th, F
<br />5:30 am to 5:30 pm
<br />2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto
<br />Redwood City
<br />Public Works Corp Yard,
<br />1400 Broadway, Redwood City
<br />There are also numerous recycled water fill stations in the Region for municipal and commercial truck
<br />operators. The Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWAA) compiled a Commercial Truck Fill
<br />Guide, most recently updated in June, available on BACWA's website, www.bacwa.org, under
<br />`Documents'.
<br />For questions about recycled water uses and permits, please contact Water Board staff engineer
<br />Blair Allen, at 510-622-2305, or ballen@waterboards.ca.gov.
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