Prescott Valley, AZ Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)

Article 9-05b of the Prescott Valley Town Code regulates the Town's reclaimed water system, including who can connect and how it is financed. Section 9-05b-020 defines reclaimed water as effluent discharged from the wastewater treatment facility after treatment and stored, transported or recharged into the underground aquifer, and reclaimed water service as delivery by the Town to commercial and industrial water users.

New service, or a larger service connection, starts with an application on a form set by the Director, accompanied by a deposit set by resolution (Section 9-05b-040). A tenant must attach the lease or rental agreement. Each building, unit, structure, designated turf area and water storage area needs its own service connection, and a customer cannot supply reclaimed water through that connection to another user unless the Department expressly permits it (Section 9-05b-070). No physical connection can be made until the Building Official issues a permit under Chapter 7, connections must conform to the International Plumbing Code as adopted and amended by the Town, and inspection is required before any trench or hole is backfilled. The Department installs the meter, which remains Town property.

Billing is due twenty days after the billing date and becomes delinquent on the twenty-eighth day, and service is subject to turn-off on and after the fiftieth day (Section 9-05b-050). Rates, fees and penalties are set by resolution rather than printed in the Code.

Section 9-05b-045 ties reclaimed use to the Town's water conservation levels. Golf courses irrigated with reclaimed water face no restriction at Conservation Level II or III, and dust control and compaction using reclaimed water is exempt at Level IV. Hydrant supply is only for temporary construction work inside the Town limits, and a hydrant meter idle for sixty days is subject to removal (Section 9-05b-090(D)). Section 9-05b-095 lets anyone use Town water fill stations without a service account, first-come first-served, for fees set by the Town Council.