REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Santa Clara Valley Water District Presentation - (Valley Water) Update on the Purified Water Project
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency and Promote Sustainability and Environmental Protection
BACKGROUND
Valley Water is working to implement the Purified Water Project (proposed Project) which includes the construction of a new advanced water purification facility (AWPF), water conveyance pipelines to the existing Los Gatos Recharge System complex located in the City of Campbell, lateral pipelines, and associated facilities. Valley Water is working on two proposed locations for the AWPF: either at the existing Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center on Zanker Road at the San Jos?/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility in San Jos? or at the Former Los Altos Treatment Plant (FLATP) in Palo Alto. It is the City's understanding that Valley Water's Recycled Water Committee will consider a recommendation to focus resources on finalizing agreements with the City of Palo Alto in order to proceed with releasing the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the FLATP location, while continuing discussions with the Cities of San Jos? and Santa Clara for a potential future purified project.
The conveyance pipeline will traverse through several miles in the City of Santa Clara regardless of the location of the AWPF. The proposed Project would use advanced water purification processes, including reverse osmosis (RO) treatment and would generate purified water for ground water recharge.
The purpose of the proposed Project is to establish greater water supply reliability for Santa Clara County and to help ensure continued groundwater sustainability. The proposed Project's objectives to meet this purpose are as follows:
* Support Valley Water's water supply reliability goals, including the provision of at least 10% of all water supplies through recycled water
* Develop the use of purified water, consistent ...
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