Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
The following are the categories of and allowed uses for
reclaimed water:
(1)
Category
1. Reserved.
(2)
Category 2. Category 2 reclaimed water shall only be used for the
allowed uses in Categories 3, 4 and 5, and:
(A) drip irrigation on orchards or
vineyards;
(B) spray or drip
irrigation on sod farms, public access landscapes and public use areas/sports
complexes, including unrestricted access golf courses;
(C) toilet and urinal flushing;
(D) fire protection systems;
(E) commercial closed-loop air conditioning
systems;
(F) vehicle and equipment
washing (excluding self-service car washes)
(G) range cattle watering ; and
(H) make-up water for oil and gas
production.
(3)
Category 3. Category 3 reclaimed water shall only be used for the
allowed uses in Categories 4 and 5, and:
(A)
subsurface irrigation of orchards or vineyards;
(B) restricted access landscape
irrigation;
(C) irrigation of
livestock pasture;
(D) concrete
mixing;
(E) dust control;
(F) aggregate washing/sieving;
(G) new restricted access golf course
irrigation systems;
(H) industrial
cooling towers, once-through cooling systems, and closed loop systems such as
boiler feed water;
(I) restricted
access irrigation of sod farms ; and
(J) hydraulic fracturing.
(4)
Category 4.
Category 4 reclaimed water shall only be used for the allowed uses in Category
5 and:
(A) soil compaction and similar
construction activities; and
(B)
existing restricted access golf course irrigation systems utilizing water that
has received primary treatment in lagoon systems. Permits to construct shall
not be issued for new Category 4 restricted golf course irrigation systems
pending further research and evaluation of performance data collected from
existing systems.
(5)
Category 5. Category 5 reclaimed water shall only be used for:
(A) restricted access pasture irrigation for
range cattle;
(B) restricted access
irrigation of fiber, seed, forage and similar crops; and
(C) irrigation of silviculture.
(6)
Category 6.
Category 6 reclaimed water, which does not require a permit to supply, shall
only be used within the wastewater treatment plant and includes:
(A) dilution water for chemicals used in the
process such as polymers, coagulants, chlorination or dechlorination;
(B) mechanical seal water for gas
compressors, pumps and other equipment;
(C) mechanical seal water and cooling water
for pumps;
(D) odor and gas
absorption including bio-filters used for odor control;
(E) centrifuge flushing;
(F) flushing grit and sludge pipes;
(G) gravity thickener make-up
water;
(H) supply water for filter
backwash;
(I) headworks screen
washing;
(J) headworks screening
washer-compactors;
(K) belt filter
press;
(L) other reclaimed water
that is permanently plumbed to a fixed nozzle and contained within unit
operations;
(M) yard hydrants;
and
(N) hose bibs.
Added at 29 Ok Reg 1061,
eff 7-1-12
