Recycled Water Fill Stations
In June 2015, ISD officially opened a two different Recycled Water Fill Stations—a Residential Recycled Water Fill Station and Commercial Recycled Water Fill Station. Each offers high-quality recycled water available for outdoor watering needs.
The Residential Recycled Water Fill Station located near ISD Main Office at its headquarters in Oakley allows Oakley and Bethel Island residents FREE access to available recycled water for irrigation of plants, trees, and gardens.
The Commercial Recycled Water Fill Station located near the Water Recycling Facility at Ironhouse's headquarters in Oakley offers a way to conserve potable water and can be used for construction purposes, including grading and compaction, wetting pads, dust control, landscape irrigation, and more.
Residential Recycled Water Fill Station
Because saving potable water will always be a concern in California, Ironhouse Sanitary District will continue to offer FREE recycled water for pick up at our Residential Recycled Water Fill Station. This is a great way to not only save valuable drinking water but also save money while keeping lawns, trees and plants green.
Recycled water can be used for:
• Watering your trees
• Gardens
• Vegetables
• Lawn irrigation
• Washing your car
• Cleaning outdoor furniture
• Washing Hard surfaces (paths, walls, windows, etc.)
Recycled water is NOT suitable for:
• Drinking
• Cooking or use in the kitchen
• Bathing or showering
• Filling swimming pools or spas
• Children's water toys
• Plumbing to the household domestic plumbing system
How to sign-up for Recycled Water
In order to take home recycled water, a sign-up process must be completed. This includes signing a Resident Recycled Water Fill Station Agreement and attending a brief 15-minute training meeting.
After completing the sign-up process, stickers for your recycled water container and a unique sign-in number will be provided, which must be used every time water is picked up from the Recycled Water Fill Station.
To schedule the training meeting, please contact isdoutreach@isd.us.com or call (925)625-7924. To save time, the agreement can be filled out beforehand and brought to the training meeting or obtained at the meeting.
For those who have signed up for recycled water in the past two years and remember their sign-in number, the service can be continued as before.
Not from Oakley or Bethel Island, but want ISD's recycled water
We are pleased to offer ISD residential recycled water to those outside of our service area at an affordable annual fee of $35. This fee remains valid until December 31 of the year it was issued, giving you ample time to take advantage of our service. You can fill as many loads as you need per day without any worry. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us at (925) 625-2279 or email us at isdoutreach@isd.us.com.
The Residential Recycled Water Fill station is located at ISD's Main Offices at 450 Walnut Meadows Drive in Oakley. (Take Main Street to the cross streets of Rose Avenue and Districts Way, then turn onto Districts Way under the railroad tracks.)
Recycled water is available ONLY when the Residential Recycled Water Fill Station is open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Hours and sudden closures are subject to change and will be listed on the Recycled Water Fill Station building.) Please do not try to fill recycled water tanks before or after business hours.
Customers are using a variety of containers depending on the weight and size that they and their vehicles can handle.
Water is heavy, so come prepared!
Keep in mind that your containers must have water-tight lids that prevent leaking. The minimum size container is 1 gallon. The maximum size load is 300 gallons, but you can return as often as you like. We are enforcing the 300-gallon limit.
One gallon of water weighs 8.345 pounds; 100 gallons weighs 834.5 pounds. When driving a vehicle with such a heavy-weight please make sure to allow enough stopping distance and containers are secured for safe transport.
Tanks, pumps, hoses, and equipment that contain recycled water must not be connected to a buried irrigation systems, even if they are disconnected from your drinking water system. This is a human health concern. We do not want you or your neighbors to end up drinking recycled water due to an illegal interconnection between the drinking water supply and recycled water supply.
Larger loads for commercial uses are available from the Commercial Recycled Water Fill Station. For more information, call ISD at 925-625-7924.
Fill Station
Opens June 1, 2023
Special open hours June 1 & 2 -- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
June 3 begins regular hours 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily
How to become a Recycled Water Fill Station Member
Recycled Water Fill Station (RWFS) membership
is available to all residents of Oakley and Bethel Island
at no charge.* Please make an appointment with District staff to receive a quick training on how to
use the RWFS.
*Outside Oakley and Bethel Island residents can purchase an annual user permit for a nominal fee. Call ISD for more information.
Message to members
Those who have used ISD's RWFS in the past two years and still know their RWFS # can
come in and use the fill station during open hours.
Please see the sign in
process below.
Those who do not remember
their RWFS #, will need to refill out a RWFS application and turn it into the office,
before fill up.
Applications can be emailed to isdoutreach@isd.us.com
Please Note:
New sign in process
There will no longer be a
RWFS attendant.
Please remember to sign-in before filling tanks.
Sign-in sheets can be found on the clipboard next to the
fill station door.
The RWFS area is
monitored by cameras.
Questions or Appointments
isdoutreach@isd.us.com
or call 925-625-7924.
COVID 19 Rules
Please follow current COVID-19 regulations set by
Contra Costa County (CCC).
These regulation can change at will, so please keep updated with CCC regulations.