Using the same water for more than one purpose not only conserves water, it conserves the energy and other resources needed to pump and treat that water. That's why the Water Authority is engaged in two major water recycling programs.

The first is the Southside Recycling Program, which uses treated wastewater from the Authority's Southside Water Reclamation Plant and clean industrial wastewater from PNM/Cobisa to irrigate turf at the UNM Sports Complex, golf courses and other sites.

The second is the North I-25 Industrial Program, in which the Water Authority — in partnership with businesses such as Honeywell, Sumitomo, Silmax, CTS Wireless Components, and Centex— is recycling non-potable but clean industrial wastewater to irrigate the Balloon Fiesta Park, soccer fields and Journal Center.