Free Recycled Water in Dublin

If you’re not OK with brown being the new green, here’s how you can keep your landscaping lush in spite of the drought and water rationing.

Last week, the Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) opened a second residential recycled water fill station, located at the City of Dublin’s Public Safety Complex, at 6363 Clark Avenue in Dublin. DSRSD offers the free recycled water to homeowners in order to help keep their landscaping alive during the drought, due to the two days per week irrigation restrictions.

1. The new Dublin fill station is much smaller than the original station at the water recycling plant in Pleasanton, and has a few different rules and more limited hours.
2. Users should approach the Dublin Public Safety Complex/Fill Station via Village Parkway, and turn right into the Safety Complex/Fill Station. This is to prevent traffic from backing up onto Dublin Boulevard. Users may not turn onto Clark Avenue from Dublin Boulevard. 
3. Trailers are not allowed because the parking lot is too small to accommodate trailers safely. (Vehicles pulling trailers should use the Pleasanton fill station, located at 7399 Johnson Drive.)
4. Dublin fill station hours are as follows and are subject to change:

• Monday, Wednesday, Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Closed on Friday, July 3.)
• New users may sign up on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., only. The existing Pleasanton fill station offers different times for training new users.

At both fill stations, the maximum load per visit is 300 gallons, and users need to heed their vehicle’s loading capacity. There is no limit on the number of visits per day.

The District opened its first residential recycled water fill station a year ago after all Tri-Valley water agencies set strict limits on using drinking water for landscape irrigation. The program has become extremely popular, with more than 2,000 registered users and 7.6 million gallons distributed to date.