BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT:
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Update on Purified and Recycled Water.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) Board, and the City of San Jos? (City) Mayor and City Council,
A. Receive an update and provide feedback on the expansion of the purified and recycled water system and development of a potable reuse project to ensure our community is more drought resilient; and
B. Refer further discussion to the Joint Recycled Water Policy Advisory Committee (JRWPAC) with the Cities of San Jos? and Santa Clara.
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SUMMARY:
Background
In January 2023, Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) and the Cities of San Jos? and Santa Clara (Cities) executed a Letter of Intent for Collaborating on the Expansion of Recycled and Purified Water in Santa Clara County (LOI). The LOI recognizes that climate change makes our community more vulnerable to extreme weather conditions, including periods of long-term drought and more intense wet-weather events. To prepare for these extreme and uncertain events, the availability of drought proof water supply and efficient water management justifies the significant and rapid expansion of recycling treated wastewater from the San Jos?-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF). This expansion program will provide the flexibility to serve many uses including the outdoor irrigation of functional landscape and the provision of advanced purified recycled water for drinking water purposes.
Santa Clara County relies on imported water for half its water supply, which becomes vulnerable as the snowpack shrinks due to climate change. A principal goal agreed to by the Cities and Valley Water in the LOI is to maximize the use of treated wastewater to best serve the water supply needs of the community and to develop a more sustainable, water-resilient future in the face of clima...
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