Cedar Park, TX Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Program type
- City-operated reclaimed water irrigation
- Field ops center use
- ~60,000 gallons/month reclaimed water
- Brushy Creek Sports Park
- ~0.8 million gallons/month treated effluent
- Governing law
- Code of Ordinances § 18.11.013
- Adopted
- Ordinance CO24.06.27.E3, June 2024
Summary
Cedar Park's water reclamation facility supplies treated effluent for irrigation at City parks and facilities, replacing potable water at sites like Brushy Creek Sports Park and the field operations center.
With the expansion of the City's field operations center, an irrigation system was installed that uses reclaimed water for the irrigation of surrounding landscape and turf grass, which averages about 60,000 gallons per month. The City also installed an irrigation system that uses treated effluent for irrigation water at one of the City's largest parks, Brushy Creek Sports Park. This water is used to irrigate all of the athletic fields and other landscaping at the park and averages about 0.8 million gallons per month.
(c) The City will continue to look for ways to replace treated potable water with reclaimed water for irrigation purposes. As part of a 2014 utility capital improvement project, the City installed a significant portion of a pipeline that will be able to deliver reclaimed water for irrigation to other parks and landscaped areas within the City. A project to supplied reclaimed water to Lakeline Park is currently in design phase. (Ordinance CO24.06.27.E3 adopted 6/27/2024)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4973212; v14 updated 2026-06-25).
Full Breakdown
Under Cedar Park Code of Ordinances § 18.11.013, the City's water reclamation facility (WRF) provides treated effluent and reclaimed water for irrigation in place of treated potable water. The field operations center's landscape and turf grass use about 60,000 gallons of reclaimed water monthly, and Brushy Creek Sports Park irrigates its athletic fields with roughly 0.8 million gallons of treated effluent per month. The City installed pipeline in 2014 to extend reclaimed water delivery to additional parks and landscaped areas, with a Lakeline Park connection in design. This is a City-operated infrastructure program, not a mandate on private customers to use reclaimed water.
Violations & Fines
This section describes a City infrastructure program; it does not impose requirements or penalties on residents, and no violation exists for private water use choices under this provision.
Frequently Asked Questions
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