On July 12, 2024, Valley Water released the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR). This document identifies environmental impacts associated with Valley Water’s plan to build and maintain a series of flood risk reduction improvements along approximately nine miles of Coyote Creek in San José. The improvements would be implemented along

Every year, Valley Water performs work in creeks across Santa Clara County to ensure that flood protection projects continue to provide their designed levels of protection and keep our communities safe. This critical work includes managing vegetation to reduce the intensity and harmful impacts of fires, particularly important when conditions are dry. Valley Water primarily

As temperatures rise this summer, the threat of wildfires looms large. Valley Water is prepared for the possibility of a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) should PG&E implement preemptive efforts to help reduce the potential for wildfires. Valley Water’s water treatment plants have backup power to ensure operational continuity during PSPS events. Service to the

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