REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Authorize the City Manager to Enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with Valley Water for the Development of the Pure Water Silicon Valley Project (PWSV)
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of San Jos? and City of Santa Clara ("Cities") and Santa Clara Valley Water District ("Valley Water") have historically collaborated to expand recycled water and augment the local water supply in the County of Santa Clara. The Cities and Valley Water partnered on the construction of the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center ("SVAWPC"), more commonly known as the Advanced Water Purification Center, or "AWPC"), an advanced wastewater treatment facility producing up to eight million gallons per day of purified water that is blended with treated effluent from the San Jos?-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant, otherwise known as the Regional Wastewater Facility ("RWF") to enhance recycled water quality distributed by the South Bay Water Recycling ("SBWR") Program. The Cities are co-owners of the land surrounding the RWF, and the City of San Jos? serves as the administering agency for the RWF.
In January 2023, Valley Water and the Cities of San Jos? and Santa Clara executed a Letter of Intent for Collaborating on the Expansion of Recycled and Purified Water in Santa Clara County (RTC 23-1053). This collaboration involves leveraging treated wastewater from the RWF for potable reuse. While updating its Water Supply Master Plan 2050, Valley Water determined that investing in potable reuse was an effective way to address projected water supply shortages for the communities in its service area. This is especially true during drought periods, which are becoming more intense and longer in duration due to climate change.
The Cities and Valley Water are partnering on the PWSV to develop a direct potable reuse ("DPR") project adjacent to the SVAWPC with a goal of producing 24,000 acre-feet per year of purified water to ...
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