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DIY: How to Strap Down a Water Barrel

June 16, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Single barrel strapped down.

For every recycled water hauler, there comes a time of uncertainty, especially when it comes to figuring out how to strap down a 55 gallon barrel in a truck. When full of water, the barrel will weigh over 450 pounds.

I had the same reservations when I hauled my first load with a 55 gallon barrel. I thought that by strapping the side of the barrel, the strap would be too low and the barrel would tip over. Honestly, there is so much weight when the barrel is full, it won’t tip – unless you drive like an idiot.

So how do you strap down a water barrel?

May 2016 – Residential Recycled Water Fill Station Stats

June 13, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Last month Governor Jerry Brown decided that water conservation standards could be reduced, despite 95% of the state still being in some level of drought. With these reductions, homeowners were allowed to increase their landscape irrigation.

We discovered however, that interest in residential recycled water fill stations has increased as well and with it, demand is growing once again. Hauling recycled water saves drinking water and “it’s the right thing to do.”

This month we’ve taken a different approach to our normal fill station stats article. We’ve reached out to a few of the agencies that provide data to this blog to ask a simple question “What else does <agency name> do with recycled water?”

The results blew our socks off.

DIY: How to prime a utility water pump

June 11, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Hydrostar Pump from Harbor Freight

For anyone that hauls recycled water, whether it be in a water bladder, 275 gallon tote or a 50 gallon barrel, a pump is a great tool to use to unload water fast. In this post I’ll show you how to prime a pump.

It is very easy to prime a pump, especially when the hose on the suction side of the pump is already full of water. I have removed the vent plug on my Hydrostar Portable Utility Pump and installed a small ball valve to act as an air relief.

Water Resource Recovery Leader: Delta Diablo

June 6, 2016 / nick / 1 Comment

What does it take to be a Water Resource Recovery leader? Easy, first recover as much water from wastewater influent, second utilizing the resources in the waste to do something sustainable, third recover power used by some renewable process, and fourth, be a leader while doing so.

Who comes to mind when this applied? Delta Diablo.

May 2016 – Content Roll-up

June 2, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Twitter: @NWSBayArea

Summer started early and now the heat is on!

Warm to hot temperatures means now is a good time, more than ever – to get out and haul recycled water to satiate your thirsty plants.

Governor Jerry Brown called for the reduction in water conservation measures, but we’re still in a drought in more than 90% of the state. Recycled water is an excellent resource for landscape irrigation. Why? Well we’re re-using water for one, this water would have flowed to the ocean and honestly, your acceptance of using it at home helps the industry move forward with technologies to bring Indirect Potable Reuse or Direct Potable Reuse to fruition. 🙂

Come see a re-cap of all the articles published on RecycledH2O for the month of May.

Recycled Water Fill Stations Extend Hours/Days

May 31, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Three northern California recycled water fill stations will either open for operation or add more hours to their already busy schedule on June 1st, 2016.

Dublin San Ramon Services District

Dublin Fill Station at City of Dublin Public Safety Complex opens at 9:00AM on Wednesday June 1st, 2016. Located on Clark Avenue at Dublin Boulevard, the fill station is smaller and is a back in only fill station. Vehicles with trailers are directed to use the Pleasanton Fill Station. Users will need to show their wallet card, but can use either fill station.

City of Livermore: Residential Recycled Water Fill Station Remains Closed

May 26, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Update: Fill station returns on limited basis. See full list here: Where to get free recycled water.

The City of Livermore has decided to NOT re-open their famous Residential Recycled Water Fill Station for the summer 2016 recycled water hauling season. Seen as a major let down to city residents, the fill station operated at the Livermore treatment plant at 101 W. Jack London Blvd, was poised to re-open with improved hours to appeal to residential haulers.

With the State of California declaring the drought over, city officials deemed operation of the costly fill station wasn’t needed.

MLB: Recycled water MIA at California Stadiums

May 24, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

How much water is needed for this field?

Have you ever wondered how much grass is at a Major League Baseball stadium? We did and found the answer.

The average professional baseball field will use around 100,000 square feet of turf (~2.25 acres), which will need approximately 62,500* gallons of water per week (under normal watering schedule of 1″/week). This is equivalent to the amount of water 89 homes will use in the same amount of time.

Can we justify using drinking water to irrigate grass for our national pastime?

Hauled my first load of 2016

May 14, 2016 / nick / 1 Comment

150 gallon Aquatank II.

Its been 186 days since the last time I hauled recycled water. 6 months, 4 days. November 10th, 2015 was the date.

It had just rained a half an inch the day before last November and that is when I realized hauling water wasn’t going to be needed for my drought tolerant front yard. Besides, I was mostly hauling water at this point to keep my neighbors front yard alive. It worked, their grass was a green as could be but winter rains was what it really needed (and a fair amount of grass seed).

I hauled 17,540 gallons in 2015, 119 trips. I keep a track of every load I take home in an excel spreadsheet I keep on the home screen of my phone. Today, I broke the 20,000 gallon mark.

April 2016 – Recycled Water Fill Station Stats

May 10, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

City of American Canyon gives away Recycled Water too!

California Governor Jerry Brown declared “water conservation a way of life” this week, with the expectation that people will be mindful and conserve water. Good thing California is chock full of environmentally friendly people that want to do the right thing, even if that means spending countless hours and gallons of gasoline hauling drought resistant recycled water from a filling station to their home.

RecycledH2O receives usage stats from a number of agencies across the golden state – their information for the month of April is below in no particular order.

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