Tag: CCCSD

June 2016 – Residential Recycled Water Fill Station Stats

July 14, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Agency totals since opening.

Water agencies across the state are lowering their water conservation targets and as I’ve seen around my neighborhood, some homeowners are back to over-watering their grass by flooding their front yard and watering the sidewalk. It would appear that mandatory water use cuts last year have become just a thing of the past.

As water use requirements drop, many agencies have wondered how this will impact residential recycled water fill station operations. Will recycled water haulers who visit any of the 22 recycled water fill stations in the state continue to fill up or revert back to using their sprinklers? How has activity changed month over month or year over year? We’ll show you the numbers.

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.

Statewide Fill Station Status

April 21, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Residential Recycled Water Fill Station Map

You’ve seen our map and you know we track Residential Recycled Water Fill Stations in the state of California. But did you know there are many that closed this winter that plan to re-open this summer?

I’ve spent the past few days calling each one and have great news! Most of your favorite fill stations have decided to turn the taps back on and will be opening or expanding their hours starting in May 2016. Which fill stations are they? Read on for details.

Updated 4/22/16: Delta Diablo to re-open on April 30, 2016 @ 9:00AM

Winter Rains Didn’t Stop NorCal Recycled Water Haulers

April 8, 2016 / nick / 0 Comments

Source: RecycledH2O Fill Station Tracker

Despite receiving more than 13″ of rain in March 2016, the top 3 Residential Recycled Water Fill Stations in Northern California gave away a combined total volume of 355,308 gallons of recycled water to residential customers. Per SWRCB permit requirements, recycled water can not be distributed while it is raining.

When compared to last year, the residential recycled water fill station at Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) was still in its infancy. They had 39 registered users and gave away 16,103 gallons. Today, they have over 2100 registered users and have given away more than 11.8 million gallons of water.

July Update – CCCSD Recycled Water Fill Station Usage Statistics

July 31, 2015 / nick / 0 Comments

Source: centralsan.org

We’re near the end of another month and people like stats, especially when we’re talking big numbers. Between longer hours, better traffic control and a more efficient way to track fill station usage, CCCSD sure has come a long way from the beginning. Just two weeks ago, if you asked for a data set you could get it that day, but the data was old. Data entry was making the entire process very inefficient.

When the fill station started, expectations were low so all data entry occurred on paper. Up until about the middle of July, everything was done by hand. Now that they’ve written some custom software and acquired a drivers license scanner, data is available in 15 minute increments. Yes, once they get enough data they will know when the busy and slow times are. 🙂

The data charts I received are up to July 28th, 2015. I’ll post the graphics they create, plus some analysis.

Total gallons served: 4,313,000

CCCSD Fill Station Updates

July 30, 2015 / nick / 0 Comments

The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District in Martinez has been operating a Free Recycled Water Fill Station since October, 2014. In 10 months, they have learned quite a bit about procedure, human nature and how to more efficiently give free recycled water away to the thousands of residents willing to haul recycled water home for use in their yards. Just recently they have made some changes that I’ve noticed and thought I would share them with you.

Weekend hours changed – Saturday & Sunday 8AM to 4PM,
9 new employees hired to run fill station,
Paper log sheets have been replaced with a laptop, a drivers license scanner and custom software,
Traffic control measure setup to ease flow of traffic in a once rarely used section of street,
More hose bibs installed to accommodate more flow (launched with 3, up to 7 total),
- Takes about 5 minutes to fill a 275 gallon tote
- A new recycled water pipeline was run to increase pressure on the line
Yard signs are given out for free to users who ask,
Fill station data sets can be produced lightning fast, compared to the hand entry from paper log sheets.

CCCSD Residential Recycled Water Fill Station Open 7 days a week!

July 29, 2015 / nick / 0 Comments

New Hours @ CCCSD recycled water fill station.

The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District will be open 7 days a week, starting this Sunday, August 2nd. Their new hours are as follows:

Monday through Friday 8AM to 6PM
Saturday & Sunday 8AM to 4PM

They have hired quite a few new fill stations attendants to help you obtain your Free Recycled Water. Their new signs, alerting you to the change should be out tomorrow.

We have compiled a complete list of all Residential Recycled Water Fill Stations in California, and keep it updated as data becomes available.

Is Hauling Recycled Water Economical?

July 22, 2015 / nick / 0 Comments

Water is a finite resource, much like oil. And water comes with a cost, much like oil. The difference is we need water to survive. Our bodies are made up of 55-65% water. Without it we dehydrate and eventually die. Some would argue that oil is the same way, except society lasted for thousands of years without it. However, the oil industry charges a steep price for oil. With those profits they build pipelines for the largest users, like airports use jet fuel and ships at port use diesel.

When it comes to water, we as a society have built pipelines to deliver water from faraway lands to other remote places. We’ve run pipes to our homes, businesses and parks. There are drinking water mains in the street that have charged hydrants for firemen to use, baseball and football stadiums are plumbed with the stuff and yes, even oil refineries use drinking water to manufacture the oil we need to keep everything mechanical running.

But water is cheap, maybe too cheap.

CCCSD Recycled Water Fill Station Usage Statistics

July 9, 2015 / nick / 0 Comments

Source: centralsan.org

I was perusing the latest board meeting agenda from July 9, 2015 at the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District website and found some very interesting statistics from their Recycled Water Fill Station.

Much like I posted the other day, CCCSD Fill Station Routes Traffic Along New Route, which included some statistics… now I’ve got bar and pie charts. Fancy spreadsheet madness, probably courtesy of Microsoft Excel!

“CCCSD has the Best [Customer] Service.” – a Danville fill station user

Since CCCSD started their Residential Recycled Water Fill Station, they have given away 1,557,538 gallons of free Recycled Water! WOW!