Hall County, GA Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)

35 of the Hall County Code of Ordinances targets water consumption at commercial car washes. 010 states the purpose is to reduce water use from commercial facilities by requiring new conveyor car washes to install operational recycled water systems, and limits the chapter to conveyor washes permitted and constructed after January 1, 2011, regardless of the water source; conveyor washes built before that date, and self-service or in-bay automatic washes, fall outside the chapter entirely. 020 defines a 'conveyor car wash' as one where the vehicle moves through the facility on a conveyor belt (as opposed to an in-bay automatic wash, where the customer parks and a machine moves over a stationary vehicle), and defines a 'recycled water system' as one that captures and reuses water already used in a wash or rinse cycle.

030, requires all covered new conveyor car washes to install an operational recycled water system that recycles a minimum of 50 percent of the water utilized. 010(D) contains a standard severability clause protecting the rest of the chapter if any one provision is struck down.