Roseville aligns landscape-water rules with California nonfunctional-turf law
City of Roseville Environmental Utilities, California · Meeting date: October 21, 2026 · Published: October 22, 2026
Roseville City Council has adopted an Environmental Utilities ordinance amending how landscape water-consumption reductions are determined. The measure is intended to meet the compliance objectives of California Assembly Bill 1572 on potable water use for nonfunctional turf.
Key points
- Council approved Ordinance No. 7119 as part of its consent calendar on October 21.
- The ordinance amends Section 14.09.130 of the Roseville Municipal Code, covering determination of landscape water-consumption reductions.
- Staff said the amendment aligns Roseville’s code with the compliance objectives of Assembly Bill 1572, Friedman, concerning potable water and nonfunctional turf.
- The city identified a marginal fiscal effect associated with nonfunctional-turf zones; some conversion funding is included in the Water Operations Fund budget.
Full report
Roseville City Council has adopted a revision to its water-efficiency code intended to align the city’s landscape-water rules with California’s requirements on nonfunctional turf.
The council approved Ordinance No. 7119 on October 21 through its consent calendar, amending Section 14.09.130 of Chapter 14.09 in Title 14 of the Roseville Municipal Code. The provision concerns the determination of landscape water-consumption reductions.
Environmental Utilities staff said the amendment is designed to meet the compliance objectives of Assembly Bill 1572, authored by Friedman, on potable water and nonfunctional turf. The action places the issue within Roseville’s municipal-code framework for landscape water reductions rather than creating a separate programme.
The city said the fiscal impact would be marginal because of nonfunctional-turf zones. Some funding for nonfunctional-turf conversion is already included in the Water utility budget through the Water Operations Fund.
The ordinance was one of several Environmental Utilities actions approved without separate discussion. Also on the consent calendar, the council approved a sole-source agreement with Gen-Tech, LLC for maintenance and repair of the cogeneration system at the Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The agreement has an estimated annual cost of $200,000 and a total not-to-exceed value of $1m including four additional one-year renewals. Gen-Tech was identified as the only certified Guascor distributor in California.
Council also approved a $304,241 increase in change-order authority for BCM Construction Company’s Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant operations and laboratory building project, raising the total change-order allowance to $2,535,340, or 25% of the original contract. The authority may increase the original construction agreement by no more than 25%; 31% of the project’s funding is from the Wastewater Regional Rehabilitation Fund and 69% is from the South Placer Wastewater Authority for the building expansion.
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Source: City Council Meeting, City of Roseville Environmental Utilities