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This work is critical for maintaining our waterways and preparing for the rainy season. Controlling sediment in streams ensures flood protection projects continue to provide maximum flood protection. Sandbags: You can download a map with a listing of sandbag sites by visiting www.valleywater.org/sandbags/ District Fast Facts Healthy creeks and ecosystems: Approximately 1/3 of the more than 800 miles of creeks and rivers in Santa Clara County are owned by the water district. The health of a creek reflects the conditions throughout the watershed, not just those along its banks. The water district's environmental work protects and restores habitats and encourages the return of endangered species such as the Who we are red-legged frog, steelhead trout and salt marsh harvest mouse. The water district also partners with cities and the county to provide open space Founded in 1929, the Santa Clara Valley Water and recreational opportunities at many of its 10 reservoirs and along creeks District provides safe, clean water; flood protection; throughout the county. Since 2000, public access to more than 70 miles of new and stewardship of streams. creekside trails has been made available in the county. For more information about local watersheds, go to www.valleywater.org/WoW.aspx Value of water Water is life: Most of the human body consists of water, and we need water to maintain the normal functioning of our bodies and minds. Clean, safe water is imperative not just to human health but also to the health of the environment. Clean, flowing water By the numbers promotes healthy ecosystems, enhancing the natural beauty of Santa Clara County and the quality of life Members of the Board of Directors: 7 of our residents and visitors. Employees: 752 Water and the economy: A reliable supply of clean, Fiscal Year 2015-2016 budget: safe water sustains a thriving economy. A 2013 study $478 million estimated that water shortages of 10-30 percent Safe Clean Water and Natural Flood CONTACT US would result in a decrease in economic activity of Protection Projects: 28 $883 million to more than $10 billion in Santa Clara For more information: County alone. Dams and surface reservoirs: 10 • Contact us at (408) 265-2600 Water Treatment Plants: 3 Water is a bargain: At less than half a penny a • Visit valleywater.org gallon, tap water is a bargain. One person uses, on Advanced Water Purification Center: 1 • Use our Access Valley Water customer request average, 75 gallons of water a day in Silicon Valley and information system.With three easy steps, you Miles of streams managed: 275 for everything from drinking to bathing – less than $1 can use this service to find out the la test information worth of water. Replacing those gallons of tap water on the project or to submit qu estions, complaints or compliments directly to a water district staff person. with bottled water would cost about $75 a day. That’s more than $27,000 a year! 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They catch storm runoff that otherwise would flow into San Francisco Bay. Water treatment plants: We operate three water treatment plants that clean and disinfect imported water and water from four of our local reservoirs. The three water treatment plants can produce as much as 220 million gallons of drinking water a day. Water quality laboratory: Ensuring all of our water supplies are safe and clean is our highest priority, and we continuously test our water quality in Santa Clara County to do so. The water district’s state-of-the-art water quality lab performed nearly 175,000 tests in 2014. We test water produced from each of our three water treatment plants, our Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, our reservoirs and groundwater basins. Our treated water consistently meets or is better than all applicable water quality regulatory standards, and these standards are Water sources becoming increasingly stringent as technology is developed to detect contaminants at very minute levels. Imported water: Snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada travels hundreds of miles through rivers, into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and then to Santa Clara County Watersheds: flood protection and stream stewardship treatment plants or groundwater basins, where it accounts for half the water we use here. Contracts with the state and federal government determine how much “imported” Sierra Nevada water we receive each year. Flood protection projects: The water district manages about 275 miles of creeks in Santa Clara County. To provide flood protection to the county’s growing community, Groundwater: Santa Clara County’s largest reservoir is beneath our feet. we build projects such as the Guadalupe River and Lower Silver Creek flood Our groundwater basins hold more water than our 10 surface reservoirs combined. protection projects and manage our flood protection infrastructure. Our projects As the groundwater management agency for Santa Clara County, we actively have protected nearly 100,000 parcels, and we have 18 projects to protect manage our groundwater basins, replenishing them with local and imported water 25,000 more over the next 5 years. through our percolation ponds and stream beds. If water is pumped out of the ground faster than it is replaced, the result can be the sinking of the land elevation. Called subsidence, this can have costly effects on infrastructure and water quality. Maintaining our groundwater levels is critical for ensuring a reliable water supply, storing water for use during droughts and shortages, and preventing subsidence. Purified water: Purifying recycled water provides a drought-proof, locally controlled water supply that will help us meet the needs of Silicon Valley now and into the future. The Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, the largest purification facility in Northern California, purifies recycled water to near-distilled quality using proven technology—microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet disinfection. The result is 8 million gallons a day of highly purified water that meets California’s strict drinking water quality standards. purewaterSV.org Conservation: Water conservation is an essential component in providing a reliable water supply to current and future generations. Our long-term water supply plan calls for annual water savings of more than 32 billion gallons per year by 2030. Since the late 1980s, the population of Santa Clara County has increased by roughly 25 percent, yet water use over that time has remained relatively flat. 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They catch storm runoff that otherwise would flow into San Francisco Bay. Water treatment plants: We operate three water treatment plants that clean and disinfect imported water and water from four of our local reservoirs. The three water treatment plants can produce as much as 220 million gallons of drinking water a day. Water quality laboratory: Ensuring all of our water supplies are safe and clean is our highest priority, and we continuously test our water quality in Santa Clara County to do so. The water district’s state-of-the-art water quality lab performed nearly 175,000 tests in 2014. We test water produced from each of our three water treatment plants, our Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, our reservoirs and groundwater basins. Our treated water consistently meets or is better than all applicable water quality regulatory standards, and these standards are Water sources becoming increasingly stringent as technology is developed to detect contaminants at very minute levels. Imported water: Snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada travels hundreds of miles through rivers, into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and then to Santa Clara County Watersheds: flood protection and stream stewardship treatment plants or groundwater basins, where it accounts for half the water we use here. Contracts with the state and federal government determine how much “imported” Sierra Nevada water we receive each year. Flood protection projects: The water district manages about 275 miles of creeks in Santa Clara County. To provide flood protection to the county’s growing community, Groundwater: Santa Clara County’s largest reservoir is beneath our feet. we build projects such as the Guadalupe River and Lower Silver Creek flood Our groundwater basins hold more water than our 10 surface reservoirs combined. protection projects and manage our flood protection infrastructure. Our projects As the groundwater management agency for Santa Clara County, we actively have protected nearly 100,000 parcels, and we have 18 projects to protect manage our groundwater basins, replenishing them with local and imported water 25,000 more over the next 5 years. through our percolation ponds and stream beds. If water is pumped out of the ground faster than it is replaced, the result can be the sinking of the land elevation. Called subsidence, this can have costly effects on infrastructure and water quality. Maintaining our groundwater levels is critical for ensuring a reliable water supply, storing water for use during droughts and shortages, and preventing subsidence. Purified water: Purifying recycled water provides a drought-proof, locally controlled water supply that will help us meet the needs of Silicon Valley now and into the future. The Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, the largest purification facility in Northern California, purifies recycled water to near-distilled quality using proven technology—microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet disinfection. The result is 8 million gallons a day of highly purified water that meets California’s strict drinking water quality standards. purewaterSV.org Conservation: Water conservation is an essential component in providing a reliable water supply to current and future generations. Our long-term water supply plan calls for annual water savings of more than 32 billion gallons per year by 2030. 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This work is critical for maintaining our waterways and preparing for the rainy season. Controlling sediment in streams ensures flood protection projects continue to provide maximum flood protection. Sandbags: You can download a map with a listing of sandbag sites by visiting www.valleywater.org/sandbags/ District Fast Facts Healthy creeks and ecosystems: Approximately 1/3 of the more than 800 miles of creeks and rivers in Santa Clara County are owned by the water district. The health of a creek reflects the conditions throughout the watershed, not just those along its banks. The water district's environmental work protects and restores habitats and encourages the return of endangered species such as the Who we are red-legged frog, steelhead trout and salt marsh harvest mouse. The water district also partners with cities and the county to provide open space Founded in 1929, the Santa Clara Valley Water and recreational opportunities at many of its 10 reservoirs and along creeks District provides safe, clean water; flood protection; throughout the county. Since 2000, public access to more than 70 miles of new and stewardship of streams. creekside trails has been made available in the county. For more information about local watersheds, go to www.valleywater.org/WoW.aspx Value of water Water is life: Most of the human body consists of water, and we need water to maintain the normal functioning of our bodies and minds. Clean, safe water is imperative not just to human health but also to the health of the environment. Clean, flowing water By the numbers promotes healthy ecosystems, enhancing the natural beauty of Santa Clara County and the quality of life Members of the Board of Directors: 7 of our residents and visitors. Employees: 752 Water and the economy: A reliable supply of clean, Fiscal Year 2015-2016 budget: safe water sustains a thriving economy. A 2013 study $478 million estimated that water shortages of 10-30 percent Safe Clean Water and Natural Flood CONTACT US would result in a decrease in economic activity of Protection Projects: 28 $883 million to more than $10 billion in Santa Clara For more information: County alone. Dams and surface reservoirs: 10 • Contact us at (408) 265-2600 Water Treatment Plants: 3 Water is a bargain: At less than half a penny a • Visit valleywater.org gallon, tap water is a bargain. One person uses, on Advanced Water Purification Center: 1 • Use our Access Valley Water customer request average, 75 gallons of water a day in Silicon Valley and information system.With three easy steps, you Miles of streams managed: 275 for everything from drinking to bathing – less than $1 can use this service to find out the la test information worth of water. Replacing those gallons of tap water on the project or to submit qu estions, complaints or compliments directly to a water district staff person. with bottled water would cost about $75 a day. That’s more than $27,000 a year! Follow us on: /scvwd /valleywater /valleywater © 2015 Santa Clara Valley Water District • PUB 028 • 11/2015 ET