New hours for spring at ISD's Residential Recycled Water Fill Station

Check out the new flag system for the Residential Recycled Water Fill Station

With the rainy season coming up, ISD has come up with an idea that will let people know if the Residential Recycled Water Fill Station will be open or closed during regular business hours. Flags will be placed on the Main Street sign at the entrance of the ISD offices. Check out the graphic below for more information.

Outside residents can now use ISD's Residential Recycled Water Fill Station

Looking for Recycled Water to water your plants, gardens and fall flowers? ISD is offering the opportunity for outside residents to receive our clean recycled water. 

Before ISD's Residential Recycled Water Fill Station was only open to Oakley and Bethel Island residents. Now that the rush has slowed down a bit, ISD is opening the Fill Station to residents outside of our boundaries.

For a small fee of $1 per load, non-residents of Oakley and Bethel Island can get up to 300 gallons of recycled water per trip to the fill station.

Those interested can purchase a $25 "Punch-It" card at ISDs Main Office at 450 Walnut Meadows Drive, Oakley. This will allow the customer 25 trips to the Residential Recycled Water Fill Station. (No money is taken at the fill station, those interested must purchase a punch-it card.)

ISD's Residential Recycled Water Fill Station hours are:
Monday through Thursday: 11 am to 6 pm
Friday: 10 am to 3 pm
Saturday: 8 am to 2 pm
Closed Sundays

For more information on recycled water and how it can be used see ISD's website.

Residential Fill Station Stats for September 2015

During the month of September nearly 4,000 trips were made to the ISD Residential Recycled Water Fill Station dispensing nearly one million gallons of water. By comparison nearly four million gallons of water was given out at ISD's Commercial Fill Station. 

ISD is planning to continue to give out recycled water throughout the fall as long as the demand for water is requested by the local residents and commercial users. 

For more information see our website.

Fill Station Photos

Below are pictures that were taken in August at ISDs 70th Anniversary Celebration by Contra Costa Television (CCTV).

ISDs recycled water helps resident bring back her dying grass

ISD received this email from one of our regular customers today after regularly using ISDs Residential Recycled Water Fill Station since opening on June 20.

Dear Ironhouse,

I wanted to share with you some pictures of my lawn before and after my husband and I started coming in every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday with our 275 gallon water tank to get your water. 

As you can see in the first picture my lawn had several brown spots because of lack of water during the dry winter and spring. When you opened your fill station we became regular visitors, sometimes several times a day. 

My husband, John, set up a motor on the big tank and then set up a sprinkler and we continued to water and fertilize. 

Now the lawn is looking great. we still have some places where it is still thin, but if we didn't take the time to keep up the water, especially during the hot days this summer, it would be completely gone by now. We couldn't have done it if Ironhouse didn't supply us with the water.

As a really nice added benefit our water bill is half what it was last summer. 

Keep up the good work.

Jenny Wainwright 

If you'd like. share your success stories with us by sending them to: isdoutreach@isd.us.com.

Residential Recycled Fill Station Extends Hours

It has taken a little time, but the new pipeline from ISDs Water Recycling Facility to the Residential Recycled Water Fill Station is now installed and is currently pumping water straight into the Fill Station storage tanks. This process will allow for quicker water distribution to tanks and be more cost effective then the previous method of filling the tanks. 

What it means to the users is an increase in hours for the Residential Recycled Water Fill Station. The District has decided to open the fill station six days a week, rather than the three days a week we are currently open. 

The new hours are:

Monday through Thursday: 12 pm to 7 pm

Friday: 10 am to 3 pm

Saturday: 8 am to 2 pm*

Remember the Residential Recycled Water Fill Station is open to Oakley and Bethel Island residents only. New sign ups are taken one-hour after opening until closing each day. Residents can take up to 300 gallons of water per trip, and make as many trips a day as they wish. 

For more information on our Residential Recycled Water Fill Station, see ISDs website at www.ISDP2.org.

*Because of staffing restrictions there may be a possibility of running out of water before 2 pm on Saturdays, so the Fill Station will stay open until water runs out on Saturdays.