Boynton Beach, FL Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)

The City created its reclaimed water article under Sec. 064, and Sec. 26-504 adopts Chapter 62-610, Florida Administrative Code, by reference, applying the stricter of the two wherever they conflict. Every connection needs a City-installed meter under Sec. 26-506: the minimum size is three-fourths of an inch, and operation and maintenance of the customer-side irrigation system is the customer's responsibility, including giving the Department access for periodic inspections. Sec. 26-507 makes it unlawful to block City access to a reclaimed water meter with locked gates, fences, animals or overgrown vegetation.

Sec. 26-512 limits approved uses to irrigation of lawns, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, landscaped areas, edible crops, highway medians, dust control, concrete mixing and road/sidewalk cleaning; any other use needs the Director's written approval in advance. Sec. 26-513 lists the hard prohibitions: no aboveground hose bibs (they must sit in locked, below-grade, purple-coded vaults), no filling of swimming pools, hot tubs, wading pools or decorative fountains, no piping reclaimed water into a residential building, no tampering with a Department lock or meter, no selling or transferring reclaimed water, and no cross-connections with potable supply.

Billing runs under Sec. 26-508 on metered flows per 1,000 gallons, with rates reviewed annually by Utilities Management and the City Commission and set effective each October 1. Sec. 26-514 gives the Director authority to impose restricted-use schedules to manage system pressure and to issue an immediate stop-usage notice where reclaimed water use threatens public health, safety or the environment.