# Levi’s Stadium Recycles Water to Save Resources - Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/02/levis-stadium-recycles-water-to-save-resources/ - Published: 2020-02-12T13:37:48-05:00 - Author: greenlivingguy ## Levi’s Stadium Recycles Water Talk about how Levi’s® Stadium recycles water; in addition to going green, they’re recycling more water than most. Final testing by the City of Santa Clara Water and Sewer Utilities revealed what we knew.  Simply that Levi’s® Stadium is connected to the city’s recycled water system: Levi’s Stadium recycles water! That’s for a while now. Therefore, they’re making it the first stadium in California to utilize the drought-proof water source. The milestone brings Levi’s® Stadium one step closer to a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. In addition, recycled water accounts for about 85 percent of all water used all [throughout](https://greenlivingguy.com/2015/06/levis-stadium-becomes-first-u-s-venue-of-its-kind-to-earn-leed-gold-certification-as-new-construction/) Levi’s® Stadium. It’s setting a new standard. Especially for stadiums that aspire to be environmentally sensitive. I mean what a way to conserve natural resources!⌊ Levi’s® Stadium recycles water going green. So Following final testing by the City of Santa Clara Water and Sewer Utilities, Levi’s® Stadium has been connected to the city’s recycled water system, making it the first stadium in California to utilize the drought-proof water source. The milestone brings Levi’s® Stadium one step closer to a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.⌉ ### Levi’s Stadium Recycles Water saving At Scale Moreover, recycled water will be also used at Levi’s® Stadium for playing field irrigation. That’s also a 27,000 square foot green roof. Moreover flushing toilets and cooling tower make-up water. Levi’s stadiumis dual [plumbed](https://greenlivingguy.com/2018/03/how-to-convince-your-employees-to-recycle/). That’s so it’s recycling water used for toilet flushing. Other stadiums in the U. S. are also plumbing for recycled water use. However none are using it to the extent. As well as the myriad of ways as Levi’s® Stadium. “Utilizing recycled water in so many different spaces and in such a variety of ways was a challenging proposition,” said Chris de Groot, the City’s Director of Water and Sewer Utilities.  “We had to develop a new way to test both potable and recycled systems for a building of this size. As well as get approval from the California Department of Public Health. It’s all through innovation and cooperative partnerships. That’s what made us able to achieve this new standard.” #### Recycled Water System In addition, the recycled water system is a key element Levi’s® Stadium’s quest. That’s most notably for the greenest stadium in the country. As well as the first NFL stadium to open with a LEED Gold rating.  Coming from the U.S. Green Building Council. Other green features include energy efficient systems and solar power. Finally, the use of recycled construction materials. As well, California is experiencing historic drought conditions. Also [wildfires](https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/01/wildfires-and-climate-change-have-a-real-connection/). So the timing couldn’t be better to showcase the benefits of using recycled water! I mean whenever and wherever possible. These comments came from [San Francisco 49ers](https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/09/solar-power-will-kill-coal-faster-than-you-think-via-bloomberg-new-energy-finance/) Vice President and Stadium Operations Jim Mercurio. ### Wildfires As written [before](https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/01/wildfires-and-climate-change-have-a-real-connection/), the year 2018 was California’s worst wildfire season on record. That’s on the heels of a devastating 2017 fire season. In 2019, wildfires have already burned 2.5 million acres in Alaska. #### That’s in an extreme fire season driven by high temperatures**.** Whether started naturally or by people, fires worldwide and the resulting smoke emissions and burned areas have been observed by NASA satellites from space for two decades. Combined with data collected and analyzed by scientists and forest managers on the ground, researchers at NASA, other U.S. agencies and universities are beginning to draw into focus the interplay between fires, climate and humans. ### _Levi’s has been a recycle water leader_ First off, back when celebrating World Water Day (March 22), Levi Strauss & Co. is releasing new stats about how much water gets saved by changing the way we make our products and through cutting edge innovations such as Levi’s® Water Less™ jeans and its 100% recycled water [standard](https://www.levistrauss.com/2014/02/19/recycling-water-to-make-your-jeans-infographic/)( a first for the apparel industry). The numbers are pretty compelling. ### **For background**: In 2011, the Levi’s® brand launched jeans called Water Less™ jeans, which reduces up to 96 percent of the water used in the finishing process (which is how we create the different washes of jeans — from dark to light). ### Waterless Jeans Consumers responded and to date, our Water