Billings discharges treated wastewater from its plant to the Yellowstone River under a Montana DEQ permit. The city does not operate a purple-pipe recycled water program for residential or landscape reuse.
Billings Public Works treats sewage at the wastewater plant on the South Side and discharges to the Yellowstone River under Montana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit conditions. Unlike water-scarce western cities, Billings has not built recycled water infrastructure for parks, golf courses, or industrial customers. ExxonMobil Refinery and other industrial users self-supply or receive metered potable water. Residents cannot connect to a recycled water system because none exists. Greywater reuse from showers and laundry is governed by the Montana plumbing code rather than a city recycled water ordinance.
Unpermitted greywater systems can fail Montana plumbing inspection and trigger correction orders. Industrial reuse must comply with state DEQ pretreatment standards.
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