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

Section 33-52 of the Glendale Code of Ordinances is the city's operative recycled-water rule: it applies to users of effluent produced by the city's wastewater treatment plants, which covers reclaimed water used for irrigation and other non-potable purposes, and it extends to anyone who stores that effluent for subsequent use, not just direct users. The fee rate is set by resolution of the city council or by agreement, and payment is due within thirty days of receiving a statement or bill. Section 33-52(b) requires the city to separately account for all effluent user fee revenue within the utility revenue fund, and restricts how that money can be spent: only for transmission, production and storage of water supplied by the city, and for debt service, not for the general fund.

This sits in Chapter 33's Division 3 on rates and charges alongside Section 33-51's water development fee for new residential and non-residential construction, and Section 33-57's authority to set differential water rates for customers inside versus outside city limits by council resolution, both administered under the same rate-setting framework as the effluent fee.