Below is a selection of key documents outlining regulations, standards, and financial considerations for onsite water recycling:
- Accelerating Onsite Water Systems in Communities
- California Statutes Related to Recycled Water & the State Board’s Division of Drinking Water
- California Water Boards - Alternative Treatment Technology Report For Recycled Water
- California Water Boards - Amendment to the Water Quality Control Policy for Recycled Water
- California Water Boards - Cross-Connection Control Policy Handbook Staff Report
- California Water Boards - Cross-Connection Control Policy Handbook
- California Water Boards - General Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges of Winery Waste to Land
- California Water Boards - General Waste Discharge Requirements for Recycled Water Use
- California Water Boards - Onsite Treatment & Reuse of Non-potable Water Regulations
- California Water Boards - Public Water System COVID-19 Considerations
- California Water Boards - Updated OTNWS Treatment Trains Draft Criteria
- California Water Boards - Water Quality Control Policy for Recycled Water
- City & County of San Francisco Ordinance - Mandatory Use of Alternate Water Supplies In New Construction
- Cost-Benefit Analysis of Onsite Residential Graywater Recycling – A Case Study the City of Los Angeles
- Direct Potable Reuse Regulations Title 22, California Code of Regulations - Final Statement of Reasons
- Direct Potable Reuse Regulations Title 22, California Code of Regulations - Initial Statement of Reasons
- EPA - Financing Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems - Pathways to Success with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
- EPA Guidelines for Wineries and Distilleries
- EPA Risk-Based Framework for Developing Microbial Treatment Targets for Water Reuse
- Health Risk-based Benchmarks for Onsite Treatment of Water
- Planning & Implementing an Onsite Industrial Wastewater Reuse System in the City of San Jose
- Rules and Regulations for Users Receiving Recycled Water Service in the City and County of San Francisco
- Rules for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Non-Potable Water Ordinance Excess Use Charge Program
- San Francisco Board of Supervisors - Alternate Water Sources for Non-Potable Applications
- San Francisco Department of Public Health - Rules and Regulations Regarding the Operation of Alternate Water Source Systems
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - Independent Advisory Panel for Single-Family Water Reuse Applications Report
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - Onsite Water Recycling
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - Onsite Water Reuse Grant Program Rules
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - Onsite Water Reuse Program Guidebook
- San Francisco’s Recycled Water Ordinance
Here is the summary report of the validation testing of a 150 gal/day FORS conducted by Stanford University: