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THE DEPARTMENT
The mission of of the City of of Santa Clara’s Water and Sewer Utilities Department is is to to to provide to to to our customers the following:
» » A dependable supply of safe potable water
» » » Environmentally-sound wastewater collection treatment and disposal
» » Recycled water
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where available for approved uses including irrigation and and industrial processes
All programs and and and services are designed and and and implemented with economic and and and environmental benefits in mind The Water and Sewer Utilities Department is is a a a a a a utility enterprise that provides planning design construction maintenance and and operation of the City’s water
distribution system system sewer collection system system and and recycled water
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system The three-utility: water
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sewer and and recycled water
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operate independently and and charge rates
to to recover the the costs of providing these services to to Santa Clara residents and businesses including capital investment in in in in City infrastructure and funding of needed reserves In 2020 the Water Utility produced and distributed 6 6 billion gallons of water
to approximately 26 000 service connections Of the the total water
supply 49 7% is is obtained from the the City’s wells 34 2% is is treated water
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purchased from from two wholesale potable water
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agencies and 16 1% is from from recycled water
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delivered through the the South Bay Water Recycling system The Department provides for the the design construction distribution metering quality monitoring and and system maintenance for both potable and and recycled water
The Department provided for for the collection and conveyance of wastewater for for approximately 26 000 accounts and assessment maintenance or or or repair for more than 288 miles of sewer mains as as required The Department constructs operates and maintains the recycled water
system of approximately 33 miles with with 300 accounts within the Santa Clara city limits This recycled water
system distributes highly treated wastewater for non-potable use The Sewer Utility operates and and maintains a a a a a a a a a a sanitary sewage collection system that collects and and conveys wastewater to the jointly owned San San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF) for treatment and and disposal
The Sewer Utility maintains sewer pump stations and and assists the Public Works Department in in in the the operation and maintenance of the the storm pump stations Additional services are: property line clean- outs installed for access to maintain maintain residential sewer laterals maintain maintain seven sanitary and twenty-one stormwater pump stations to to to ensure reliable service assist the the industrial waste inspectors from the the RWF with investigations of City industries and implement Sanitary Sewer Management Plan as submitted to the State and Regional Water Quality Control Board To learn more about Water & Sewer Utilities visit our website