Santa Clara Valley Water District, California, USA – Exploring options for the future
The Santa Clara Valley Water District ensures a safe, clean water supply to sustain the vibrant Silicon Valley economy and quality of life for nearly 1.9 million residents and thousands of businesses.
The Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center is a state-of-the-art facility, which came online in March 2014. The facility takes secondary-treated wastewater and purifies it to a very high quality by using microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet disinfection technologies. The result is 8 million gallons (30 million litres) a day of highly purified water that is expected to match California drinking water quality standards.
The facility is the largest of its kind in Northern California. It has dual purposes: (1) to enhance the quality and expand the use of non-potable recycled water, and (2) to demonstrate proven technologies and the ability of the Santa Clara Valley Water District to produce purified water that can potentially be used to expand drinking water supplies.
