(a) The design of offsite and onsite recycled water facilities, including the preparation of plans and construction specifications, shall be under the responsibility of an engineer registered in the State of California. The design of customer (onsite) facilities that will use recycled water, and preparations of plans and construction specifications, shall be stamped and signed by a State of California registered landscape architect or civil engineer, unless otherwise approved by the Administrator.
(b) Before the Administrator grants final acceptance of any system using recycled water, as-built drawings of the system shall be provided. The installed system shall be tested in accordance with the City Standard Specifications to ensure that the system is in full compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
(c) All offsite and onsite recycled water facilities shall be designed and constructed according to the requirements, conditions, and standards as adopted in the City Standard Specifications to ensure that the system is in full compliance with this chapter. Recycled water systems, both onsite and offsite, shall be separate and independent of any potable water systems.
(d) Where the premises contain dual or multiple water systems, the exposed portions of pipelines shall be identified at sufficient intervals.
(e) Areas irrigated with recycled water must be kept completely separated from domestic water wells and reservoirs. Recycled water shall not be applied or allowed to migrate to within fifty (50) feet of any well used for domestic supply. No impoundment of recycled water shall be located within one hundred (100) feet of any domestic water well, unless it can be demonstrated that special circumstances justify lesser distances to be acceptable.
(f) Adequate means of notification shall be provided to inform the public, employees and others that recycled water is being used. Conspicuous signs with appropriate wording that can be clearly read should be placed at adequate intervals around the authorized use area.
(1) Golf courses should print messages on score cards in a different color indicating recycled water is being used. Water hazards containing recycled water should be posted with appropriate signs.
(2) Languages in addition to English should be used on signs where appropriate.
(§ 2, Ord. 3197, eff. January 7, 2022)