Roseville, CA Water Use Rules: Recycled Water Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- New owner sign-up deadline
- 30 days after transfer or escrow close
- Recycled water price (eff. 7/4/2025)
- 90% service charge + 64.5% of rate
- Termination notice
- 15 days written notice, director
- Appeal window
- 20 days to city council
- Site supervisor training
- Required at least every 5 years
- Resale of recycled water
- Unlawful without director's written OK
Summary
Roseville runs a dedicated recycled water utility under Municipal Code Chapter 14.17. Any customer must sign binding terms and conditions before service starts, and a new property owner has just 30 days after closing escrow to sign or the recycled water is cut off. Reselling recycled water is unlawful without written city approval.
A. The director shall control and schedule recycled water distribution to customers. The city shall provide recycled water service in accordance with this chapter to any applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter. The provision of recycled water service and the use of recycled water by any customer shall be subject to all the terms and conditions of this chapter and the city's rules and regulations for use of recycled water. B. Prior to the introduction of recycled water into an on-site system, the site owner shall sign and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions for recycled water operations, use and service. C. Upon a change of property ownership of any kind, the new site owner shall sign the terms and conditions for recycled water operations, use and service within 30 days of the effective date of transfer or close of escrow, whichever is earlier. If the new site owner does not sign the terms and conditions referenced above within 30 days, recycled water service to the property shall be terminated.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 14.17 makes recycled water the city's preferred source for landscape irrigation, agricultural irrigation, decorative fountains, toilet flushing, construction water and industrial process water whenever the environmental utilities director finds it feasible (Section 14.17.010). An applicant files a service application with the director describing the proposed use area (Section 14.17.040), and the director must find the use compatible with the city's recycled water system before approving, conditionally approving or denying service (Section 14.17.050). Before a connection is installed the customer pays connection and meter costs plus any off-site extension costs (Section 14.17.070).
Every site owner must sign the city's terms and conditions for recycled water operations before water flows to the site, and on any change of ownership the new owner has 30 days from the transfer or close of escrow, whichever is earlier, to sign or service is terminated (Section 14.17.030). Pricing is set by resolution: effective July 4, 2025, recycled water is billed at 90 percent of the monthly service charge and 64.5 percent of the potable water rate then in effect (Section 14.17.080). Each customer must designate a site supervisor who attends city training at least once every five years and who must immediately report any cross-connection to the director (Section 14.17.150).
Resale of recycled water is unlawful unless the director approves in writing, though a landlord may pass through to a tenant the amount the landlord pays the city (Section 14.17.120). No person may connect to city recycled water facilities without director approval of both the person and the use area (Section 14.17.110).
Violations & Fines
Making an unapproved connection to city recycled water facilities is unlawful under Section 14.17.110. The director may suspend or terminate service for failure to adhere to the chapter, nonpayment, or to protect public health or the recycled or potable water systems, after 15 days' written notice, or immediately in a health emergency (Section 14.17.100). A customer disconnected for nonpayment or noncompliance owes delinquent and reconnection charges before service resumes, and may appeal the director's decision to the city council within 20 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
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