Gilbert, AZ Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)

Code of Gilbert § 66-143 governs how reclaimed water service is established. Only a duly authorized official or employee of the public works department may turn on reclaimed water service to a premises: no private connection is permitted. Anyone connecting a pipe, tube, or other instrument to a town reclaimed water main, service pipe, conduit, or flume must first obtain a permit or express written authorization from the town; unauthorized tie-ins are unlawful. Before delivery begins, the consumer must sign a reclaimed water use agreement in the town's prescribed form, and service cannot be turned on if the premises' plumbing fails to comply with Chapter 66 or the town's reclaimed water users manual.

Reclaimed water may not be resold or redistributed by the recipient to any other premises. Section 66-142 requires every reclaimed water system to operate per the town's reclaimed water users manual, state Department of Environmental Quality regulations, and county health department rules. Section 66-144 requires a town-installed, consumer-paid meter accurate to within five percent, and § 66-144(e)-(f) require an annual-tested reduced-pressure-zone backflow assembly plus five-year cross-connection testing for any dwelling unit where non-potable water crosses toward the potable meter, with service suspended until compliance is confirmed.

Section 66-146 separately bars spray irrigation with reclaimed water within 20 feet of any dwelling unit unless a sidewalk, wall, or other permanent barrier separates the irrigated area.