June 12, 2020 Two Valley Water Directors Face Ongoing Backlash for Voting Against New CEO’s Hire By Grace Hase Critics accused Barbara Keegan and Linda LeZotte of racism and leaking confidential information—charges they both firmly deny. Read More 5
May 27, 2020 Valley Water Names New CEO By Jennifer Wadsworth and Grace Hase The veteran water official will make $326,352 a year to oversee a district tasked with providing water and flood protection to the South Bay. Read More 21
February 25, 2020 Citing Concerns About Seismic Risk, Feds Order Valley Water to Drain Anderson Reservoir By Silicon Valley Newsroom Federal engineers have ordered the water district to speed up plans to drain and earthquake-proof the South County dam. Read More 5
January 20, 2020 Valley Water Unveils New Storm-Predicting Radar System By Silicon Valley Newsroom The radar atop the Penitencia Water Treatment Plant in San Jose is the cornerstone in a network of high-res, low-elevation radars. Read More 4
January 3, 2020 Valley Water CEO Set to Retire By Jennifer Wadsworth Valley Water chief Norma Camacho announced her decision in a Nov. 25 letter to the agency’s seven-member governing board. Read More 4
November 1, 2017 Valley Water District Loses Yet Another High-Ranking Executive By The Fly The Golden Spigot has lost yet another high-ranking executive—Chief Administrative Officer Susan Stanton—barely 10 months after her hire. Read More 9
July 31, 2017 Santa Clara Valley Water District Sticks with CEO Norma Camacho By Josh Koehn A national search for a new Santa Clara Valley Water District chief netted an empty catch, so the agency will stick with a familiar face. Read More 23
June 20, 2017 Water District Resists Installing Low-Tech Pumps that Might Have Prevented San Jose Flood By Jennifer Wadsworth Silicon Valley’s flood protection agency might have prevented the Anderson Dam from overflowing earlier this year, but failed to act. Read More 8
April 19, 2017 Water District Takes Typically Passive Steps to Accountability By The Fly A couple of high-ranking water district officials who oversaw the San Jose flood disaster will soon be leaving the public agency. Read More 7
March 30, 2017 Water District, San Jose Mayor Form Uneasy Alliance at Meeting on February Flood Disaster By Jennifer Wadsworth The water district took a combative tone from the start of Wednesday’s meeting to discuss how San Jose found itself underwater. Read More 8
March 1, 2017 Floodgate: How the Water District and City’s Comedy of Errors Became a Local Tragedy By Jennifer Wadsworth and Josh Koehn An inside look at how thousands of homes in San Jose were evacuated due to heavy flooding and a comedy of errors that became a tragedy. Read More 23
November 30, 2016 Water District Staff Gets Testy, Defends RMC Deal that Will Cost $103 Million, Offer Little Benefit By The Fly The SCV Water District recently signed off on a $5 million deal for RMC Water and Environment, and arguments defending it have raised eyebrows. Read More 19
November 8, 2016 Despite Water District Board’s Calls for Audit, RMC to Receive $5.2 Million Contract Extension By Josh Koehn A multi-million dollar decision affecting Silicon Valley’s flood protection will almost assuredly go overlooked Tuesday night. Read More 2
September 21, 2016 Interim Water District CEO Gives Top Administrator the Boot By The Fly Last Friday, the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s interim CEO, Norma Camacho, canned the district’s chief administrative officer, Jesus Nava. Read More 27
May 4, 2016 Teresa Alvarado Joins SPUR after Awkward Water District Exit By The Fly Teresa Alvarado retired from Santa Clara Valley Water District, but not before trying to wring a few more dollars out of the Golden Spigot. Read More 31
March 9, 2016 Former Water District CEO Beau Goldie Using Staff to Organize His Golf Course Retirement Party By The Fly Former water district CEO Beau Goldie still has staff running his errands in advance of his swank retirement party at a local golf club. Read More 15