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

The City's Utilities Department administers reuse water under Chapter 98, Article V of the Code of Ordinances. ch. 62-610, at the developer's expense, and to record a deed restriction on each lot barring 'irrigation' meters and potable-water irrigation once reuse is required. For existing development outside the mapped reuse area, Section 98-174 lets a nonresidential property owner request a paid extension of reuse mains, which the city evaluates for economic and environmental feasibility before approving; the city can require a backflow preventer and metering device before turning the service on.

Once connected, Section 98-175 confines reuse water strictly to irrigating public and private landscaped areas and other aesthetic uses; the customer must sign a hold-harmless agreement, and the city can refuse or cut off reuse service for noncompliance. Reuse customers pay a monthly fee under Section 98-176, based on metered consumption or a flat per-irrigable-acre rate, billed even in months when no reuse water is drawn; unpaid reuse charges become a lien on the property under Section 98-177, enforceable ahead of most other liens except state, county, and municipal taxes.