What is recycled water?

Recycled water is a water supply created by "reusing" wastewater. Recycled water is treated and disinfected to meet Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) [formerly TNRCC] standards and produced for beneficial non-drinking purposes.

Under what authority is recycled water produced?

Recycled water is produced by facilities permitted by and in accordance with requirements of the TCEQ.

How does the use of recycled water benefit the citizens of Lakeway?

Recycled water helps the citizens of Lakeway conserve water. Recycled water is a cost-effective way to expand the District’s water supply for non-drinking water purposes and is available even during times of drought.

Is recycled water safe?

Recycled water is safe. To underscore that point, Lakeway Municipal Utility District meets or exceeds the strict treatment requirements set by the TCEQ for recycled water.

Is recycled water monitored for quality?

Yes, the quality of recycled water is continuously monitored to ensure public health and safety. No recycled water leaves the District’s recycling plant until it has been fully tested for public safety and water quality integrity.

Who is currently using recycled water?*

In the U.S., recycled water has become an ever-growing water resource in the last few decades for many communities for a variety of purposes. Over 1,900 communities across the country are actively harnessing this resource. The more active reuse states include Florida, California, Arizona and Texas.

The City of St. Petersburg, Florida, provides recycled water for a variety of uses, including back-up fire prevention, irrigation of golf courses and landscaping, agriculture purposes, and industrial evaporative cooling towers. Manatee County, Florida, provides recycled water for similar uses. In Marin County, Ca., school athletic play fields use recycled water for turf irrigation.

Many cities in Texas such as San Antonio, Las Colinas, Lubbock, Amarillo, Odessa and Austin use recycled water for golf courses and landscaping irrigation.

Perhaps the most unique example of water recycling in Texas is located in El Paso, where recycled water is injected into the City’s drinking water aquifers for potable reuse.

The City of Austin is in the process of expanding its use of recycled water on golf courses and will soon be providing reuse water to the Robert Mueller Airport redevelopment area and the new Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

Where is reuse practiced now in Lakeway?

Recycled water irrigates the Yaupon and Live Oak golf courses, and the medians of Lakeway Boulevard and Lohmans Crossing. Reuse irrigation is also done in the landscaped areas of the 34 La Cima Garden Homes off Golfcrest, the Lakeway Commons Shopping Center, the Lohmans Office Building, the Estates of Lakeway Hills, the Villas at the Hills, the Airpark Hangers, the Lakeway Church, the 106 World of Tennis Condominiums, Retama Garden Homes, Tres Vistas, the Towers of Lakeway and Emmaus Catholic Church. The total volume of reuse usage for 2006 was 226,427,000 gallons.