Fresno operates a regional water reclamation facility producing tertiary-treated recycled water for irrigation, industrial cooling, and groundwater recharge under California Title 22 standards and Fresno Municipal Code utility rules.
Fresno's Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility treats sewage to Title 22 unrestricted-use standards, and the city distributes recycled water through a growing purple-pipe network for parks, school grounds, golf courses, and industrial users. Customers connecting to the system must install separately marked piping, prevent cross-connections, and post recycled-water signage required by California Department of Drinking Water. Direct potable use is prohibited. The Climate Action Plan and General Plan 2035 push expanded recycled-water service into new master-planned developments to stretch Fresno's groundwater supplies amid Sustainable Groundwater Management Act limits.
Cross-connections to potable plumbing trigger immediate service shutoff, mandatory backflow testing, and fines of several thousand dollars under California Title 22 enforcement.
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Fresno Municipal Code section 10-107 prohibits creating noise on any street, sidewalk, or public place adjacent to a school, institution of learning, church,...
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Fresno Municipal Code section 10-105(c) expressly lists fans, pumps, air conditioning units, engines, turbines, compressors, generators, and motors among the...
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On residential property in Fresno, vehicles must be parked on a driveway, in a garage, or under a carport; parking on dirt, lawn, or landscaped areas is proh...
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Fresno has no city-specific cost-sharing rule for boundary fences, so California Civil Code Section 841 (the Good Neighbor Fence Act) controls: adjoining own...
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Fresno Municipal Code Section 15-2009 prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, ultra-barrier, and other hazardous fencing except in narrow situations such as lives...
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Fences over 3 feet generally must sit behind the front-yard setback for the zone (e.g., 13-35 ft in RS districts), and every corner lot must keep a 3-foot-hi...
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