Kyle, TX Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Agreement required
- Signed reclaimed water use agreement to connect, § 50-126(a)
- Pipe marking
- Purple pipe, polywrap or tape required, § 50-127(1)
- Separation
- 9-foot minimum from potable lines where possible
- Penalty
- Up to $2,000.00 per violation per day, strict liability
- Enforcement option
- City may sever service until compliance demonstrated
Summary
The City of Kyle bars anyone from tapping into or using its reclaimed water system without an executed reclaimed water use agreement under City Code § 50-126. Users must follow Texas Commission on Environmental Quality construction, signage and irrigation-timing standards, and a violation is a strict-liability offense punishable by up to $2,000.00 per violation per day under § 50-129.
(a) It shall be unlawful to tap into, connect, or obtain reclaimed water from the reclaimed water system except in accordance with the terms of an executed reclaimed water use agreement with the city and this division. (b) It shall be unlawful to use reclaimed water in a manner that violates this division or the rules and regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. ... (a) Criminal penalty.Any person who has violated any provision of this division regarding the use of reclaimed water shall be strictly liable for such violation and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000.00 per violation per day.
Full Breakdown
Kyle's reclaimed water system is governed by Division III of Chapter 50 (§§ 50-125 through 50-129). Reclaimed water is defined at § 50-125 as treated wastewater effluent meeting 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 210 standards, and only entities that have signed a reclaimed water use agreement with the city may tap into, connect to, or draw from the system, per § 50-126(a); using reclaimed water in any way that violates the division or TCEQ rules is separately unlawful under § 50-126(b). Construction standards in § 50-127 require reclaimed transmission lines to keep at least a nine-foot separation from potable lines where possible, purple pipe, purple polywrap or purple tape identification, and nondegradable warning tape in the trench, with construction plans submitted to TCEQ for review.
Section 50-128 places ongoing duties on users: posting signage at storage areas, hose bibs and other access points; designing hose bibs and valves to TCEQ standards; timing irrigation to minimize human exposure; preventing surface or airborne discharge; never irrigating frozen or saturated ground; and maintaining a routine maintenance schedule for sprinkler heads, piping, pumps and valves. Enforcement under § 50-129 treats any violation as strict liability, carrying a fine of not more than $2,000.00 per violation per day, and the city public works director may declare misuse a public nuisance, abate it and bill the violator for attorneys' fees and court costs, in addition to severing reclaimed water service until compliance is demonstrated.
Violations & Fines
A reclaimed-water violation is strict liability under § 50-129(a): conviction carries a fine of not more than $2,000.00 per violation per day, with no need to prove intent. The city may also sever reclaimed water service until the user demonstrates the ability to comply, declare the misuse a public nuisance subject to abatement at the violator's expense, and hold a corporation or association responsible for a violation committed by its agent within the scope of employment.
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