Communications Tools & Resources
The WateReuse Association develops tools and resources to educate ratepayers, elected officials, and other stakeholders about the safety, reliability, and benefits of incorporating water recycling into a community’s water management strategy.
Water Reuse Communications Library
The Water Reuse Communication Materials Library is a living library of ready-to-use outreach materials and examples from leading water reuse agencies, advocacy associations, researchers, and other sources.
Types of Reuse
From industrial cooling to recharging wetlands, there are many valuable uses for recycled water. After undergoing advanced purification, it can even become part of our drinking water supply. Learn more about the most common types of reuse, and access helpful explanations and case studies through our printable profiles in reuse series!
Maps
Find water reuse projects with interactive maps.
Recycled Water Coast to Coast
Utilities must make a compelling case to ratepayers, policymakers, and other stakeholders that investment in water recycling is the right decision.
Use our flyer and infographic to illustrate that Investment in water reuse builds communities that are modern, sustainable and stable—ready for families to flourish and businesses to grow.
Water Reuse Activity Booklet
This full-color booklet introduces kids to the world of water reuse with fun math and science activities. Students will learn about the urban water cycle, the treatment processes that make water safe to use again, and much more!
The booklet was produced in partnership with the Project WET Foundation and the Arizona, Colorado, Florida, and Texas WateReuse State Sections. The booklet is available on the Project WET store.
Videos
Browse videos from WateReuse Association and our partners to learn more about water reuse. Show the animated Think & Drink series in your classroom, or download the How Reuse Works technology explainers for use in your project outreach video!
Policy Briefs
WateReuse Association has developed policy briefs on the benefits of water reuse in relation to two pressing challenges: climate change and water affordability.
Guidance Documents
Helping People Understand Potable Reuse: A Flexible Communication Plan
This get-going kit is flexible and is designed to be adapted to the specific needs and situations of an individual community. It is designed for use by public information professionals.
Manual of Practice: How to Develop a Water Reuse Program
This manual was developed to assist communities in implementing the use of reclaimed water in their service area. It addresses planning, design, construction, operations, public outreach, regulatory compliance, institutional and organizational considerations, and economics issues.
Site Supervisor Training Manual
This manual is designed to train property managers, landscape supervisors, gardeners, and others on the use of reclaimed water. The document is customizable and allows agencies to adapt its contents to their specific needs by simply including those items that apply and leaving out those that do not.
WateReuse Recycled Water Signage Guidelines
This WateReuse California Signage Guidelines provide guidance for creating a more uniform message to the public at properties where recycled water is in use. The guidelines include suggestions for sign composition, color, font, size, and message. The guidelines also offer translations of frequently used messages on recycled water signs. The document can be used to gather ideas for creative approaches to recycled water signs, or it can be used as a reference of sign options to consider using. View the Guidelines document here.
Risk Assessment
For each of four scenarios in which people could come into contact with recycled water used for irrigation — children on a playground, golfers, and landscape and agricultural workers — the Risk Assessment Study estimated health risks from exposures to Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in recycled water and compared those exposures to conventional uses of the same chemicals. See an overview of the study here: Recycled Water: How Safe is It? The flyers below summarize the results.
Case Studies
Water Reuse in the Hudson River Valley: Current Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities
The WateReuse Association partnered with Columbia University on a student capstone design project to review the extent and potential for water reuse in New York’s Hudson River Valley.
Other Case Studies:
- Making Water a Career Choice: A Compendium of Case Studies from Across the Country (U.S. EPA)
- Baseline Data to Establish the Current Amount of Resource Recovery from WRRFs
- Hillsborough County Validates Direct Potable Reuse in Florida
- Innovative Applications in Water Reuse: Ten Case Studies
- Innovative Applications in Water Reuse & Desalination: Case Studies 2