Port Orange, FL Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)

Section 74-202 governs Port Orange's reclaimed-water system, the treated effluent supply kept separate from the potable system and from the "recycled water" drawn straight from wet detention ponds, which section 74-220(8) instead lets any property irrigate with anytime, without a day-of-week restriction, as long as the pond is not topped off from groundwater, off-site surface water or the public supply. For reclaimed-water customers proper, the code sorts users into three categories: residential (single-family, duplex and mobile home lots), institutional (multi-family, schools, commercial, government and church properties), and "major user," defined as any property drawing 175 gallons per minute or more, or 100,000 gallons per day or more, naming Cypress Head Golf Course, Crane Lakes Golf Course and the Port Orange City Hall complex as examples.

The city manager sets one of two availability standards, an "environmental preservation standard" active when reclaimed water is abundant, and a stricter "conservation standard" during drought or reduced supply, choosing between them based on data such as the St. Johns River Water Management District's consumptive use permit and the plant's discharge allotment to the Halifax River. m. Before changing the availability standard, the city must mail notice to reclaimed-water customers on the utility bill at least ten days before the new standard takes effect.