Valley Water is chargeable for offering protected, clear water, flood safety and environmental stewardship to Santa Clara County. We’re presently engaged on dozens of tasks to assist us meet this mission for the communities we serve.
Nevertheless, we are able to’t carry this out alone.
Our company continues to hunt out funding companions, together with the state and federal authorities, to assist us full these tasks and scale back the fee to ratepayers. Pursuing and securing state and federal funding is the important thing to finishing tasks that assist a dependable water provide, flood safety and stewardship of creeks and streams.
Earlier this summer season, Valley Water was awarded $6.8 million in funding from the U.S. Environmental Safety Company to assist fund two tasks for our communities.
One of many EPA grants offers $3 million to assist fund cleanups of 9 creeks in Santa Clara County. This funding will assist work to rehabilitate a financial institution alongside Coyote Creek impacted by an encampment-related excavation. It is going to additionally assist fund the removing of trash in Coyote Creek and permit us to undertake an enhanced cleanup initiative by eradicating trash, particles and unsafe pollution generated by encampments alongside these closely impacted waterways: Berryessa, Coyote, Guadalupe, Los Gatos, Decrease Silver, Saratoga, Thompson and West Department Llagas creeks and the Guadalupe River.
Our company began these cleanup efforts on July 1 in collaboration with accomplice companies. The work shall be accomplished in 2027.
This grant will assist present funding for 32 moveable bathroom amenities on Valley Water properties for public use to cut back biowaste getting into waterways and enhance water high quality.
The second EPA grant that we secured was for $3.8 million for the Calabazas/San Tomas Aquino Creek-Marsh Connection venture.
