Rio Rancho, NM Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)

Approved uses of recycled water. The following are the only approved uses for recycled water. All other uses of recycled water are prohibited.

(1) Landscape irrigation;

(2) Industrial recycled water uses;

(3) Commercial recycled water uses.

(C) User plan to comply – Landscape irrigation. To obtain a notice of authorization, every proposed landscape irrigation user shall provide the following information to the Utilities Division on forms available at the Utilities Division office:

(1) User information including name of entity, legally responsible person’s name, address, telephone number, email address, and site address where recycled water will be used;

(2) An eight-and-one-half-inch by 11-inch or an 11-inch by 17-inch map or schematic drawing indicating the specific area(s) where unrestricted access landscape irrigation with recycled water will take place;

(3) A description of best management practices that the landscape irrigation user intends to implement to ensure that direct and windblown spray and other means of human exposure from irrigation systems will be confined to the areas designated and approved in the notice of authorization;

(4)