Valley Water is responsible for securing a sufficient supply of safe, clean drinking water for Silicon Valley; however, while most residents do not pay Valley Water directly, costs for water supply management do impact residents’ water bills. With fairness and sustainability in mind, the Valley Water Board of Directors established “groundwater benefit zones” that help

The evidence is overwhelming. We are experiencing the impacts of climate change now. Our wet years are becoming warmer and wetter. Our dry years are becoming drier, warmer, and more frequent. This extreme weather creates dangerous and costly consequences in the Bay Area and across California. In the past 12 years, California has endured two

Every year, Americans create 268 million tons of trash. Here in Santa Clara County, trash can end up in our local waterways which flow into the San Francisco and Monterey bays. Encampments of unsheltered individuals along waterways compound the issue, which we are addressing at multiple levels to mitigate the impact of trash, debris and

Since 1929, Valley Water has been dedicated to providing Santa Clara County with safe, clean water, flood protection and stewardship of streams. While our county’s landscape may look different than it did nearly 100 years ago, our mission remains the same. We continue to invest in infrastructure, develop new programs and expand existing ones to

As people enjoy local trails this summer, they may notice some of Valley Water’s percolation ponds in Santa Clara County are empty and dry. There’s no reason to be alarmed. In fact, the absence of water in some of Valley Water’s 102 percolation ponds is a sign that our groundwater basins are mostly full and

For more than 15 years, Valley Water has measured mercury levels in reservoirs and creeks in the Guadalupe River Watershed and studied ways to reduce the metal’s harmful impacts. Parts of the Guadalupe River watershed, which covers about 171 square miles, are contaminated with mercury from the former New Almaden Mining District. The mining and

Did you know you can save thousands of gallons of water and money on your water bill every year by reusing the water from your washing machine? A laundry-to-landscape graywater system is the perfect solution for environmentally conscious homeowners in Santa Clara County. Valley Water offers a graywater rebate of up to $400 to cover

Are you 65 years old or older? Do you own your home and live in it as your primary residence? If so, you could qualify to be exempt from paying the Safe, Clean Water parcel tax. Valley Water offers an exemption for qualifying low-income seniors from the Safe, Clean Water parcel tax, which would save