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Valley Water and the Santa Clara County Medical Association partnered on a series of articles to help inform physicians and the public on the importance of water reuse in protecting our future water supplies. Read about the conditions and challenges of our water supplies as well strategies to ensure a reliable supply in The Bulletin Magazine.
Listen in to a great episode of "The Forum" on KQED with Mina Kim.
Senior Water Engineer, Henry Barrientos, fue entrevistado por Univision 24/7.
Assistant Officer Kirsten Struve from Valley Water was interviewed on KCRA's morning newscast and by KQED Public Radio rep
Valley Water was recently awarded $680,429 in grants from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for two planning efforts aimed at expanding Santa Clara County’s use of recycled and purified water.
In this article Ezra David Romero expands on experts belief that "recycling wastewater for human use is a climate adaptation strategy that, if employed wisely, could be a remedy for both future water shortages and the toxic algae blooms that have begun to perennially plague the San Francisco Bay"
In this article, the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center is highlighted as one of the projects to aid in California's efforts on "doubling its volume of reclaimed water".
Valley Water was recently featured on San Jose Spotlight.
Valley Water and the Santa Clara County Medical Association partnered on a series of articles to help inform physicians and the public on the importance of water reuse in protecting our future water supplies.
In responding to more frequent and longer drought cycles, SPUR, Greenbelt Alliance and Pacific Institute teamed up to highlight Northern California leaders who are pioneering more sustainable approaches, such as using water more efficiently, protecting groundwater supplies, recycling water, and r
Valley Water’s board of directors approved a staff recommendation to finalize the needed agreements with the City of Palo Alto to allow Santa Clara County t
Valley Water commemorates the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center and the collaboration with the cities of
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Excerpt: The Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, in San Jose, treats and recycles 8 million gallons of water per day, directing it toward uses other than drinking water—mostly urban landscaping.
Excerpt: Another way we are preparing for the future is through expanding use of recycled water. This year we celebrated the completion of a 2.5 mile recycled water pipeline along Wolfe Road in Sunnyvale.
Excerpt: Locally, the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center (SVAWPC), operated by the SCVWD, is a state-of-the-art water purification plant that takes recycled water from the San Jose-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility and purifies it to meet even higher environ
Excerpt: …I’m rather intrigued by what Santa Clara Valley Water District is doing… They’re also conducting research and innovation studies behind the scenes, but the focus is bringing in the public and allowing them to see the technology and get comfortable with it over time — to
Excerpt: “…That’s why the water district has been hard at work expanding its recycled and purified water program. Recycled water is wastewater cleaned through multiple levels of treatment.
Excerpt: “In July 2014, in the middle of one of the hottest and driest summers in California history, Silicon Valley celebrated the opening of its newest water supply facility: a $72 million purification plant that can produce clean water from sewage.
Excerpt: “Four utilities are participating in the bench-scale treatment/distribution system study: Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD), City of Ventura, Clark County Water Reclamation District, and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power.”
Excerpt: “The water district has a facility, the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, that can treat wastewater to drinking water standards, but currently the water is only used to supplement recycled water for non-potable uses such as irrigation.