What is water reclamation?
Simply put, it is treating domestic wastewater to such a degree that we are able to reclaim all available water. Why would we want to do that, you ask? 99.9% of domestic wastewater is valuable, useable water. You see, here in Cedar Park our drinking water comes from Lake Travis and it’s not free. The City buys every gallon we pump out of the lake from the Lower Colorado River Authority. Then there’s the cost of treating that water so it meets all the state & federal requirements for drinkable or “potable” water. So every gallon we can reclaim is money saved. Even the water we reclaim that can’t be used as drinking water can be used to water the lawns and trees in the parks, wash down basins at the wastewater plant, even wash down vehicles and equipment. The standard for “reuse” water is actually just below that of “potable” water. This saves thousands of gallons of “potable” water each year, and since all the wastewater that’s treated at the Cedar Park Water Reclamation Facility is to
