Construction crews work on 42-inch diameter pipes at the Raw Water Flow Control and Metering Facility at the treatment plant. When fully installed, these pipes will carry 100 million gallons a day of untreated water into the new ozone contactor, a building that utilizes one of the best disinfectants available. The district expects to complete…

Crews from BBII working at the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant recently set in place the last beam on the tallest new building at the site, a facility that will enhance the water district’s disinfection and water treatment process. The completed 25-foot high ozone contactor building is a major milestone of the phase 2 segment of…

Birds in urban areas often take flight from everyday trees to find more suitable places to nest. And despite massive construction, it looks like the neighborhood water treatment plant is a prime and popular location for those winged nest hunters. But having those kinds of neighbors does present a challenge. “(The nests) can put a…

Contractors at the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant install plate settlers inside the new sedimentation basin. Plate settlers help improve the efficiency of the basins by removing solids from liquids. The construction schedule call for completion of Rinconada’s basins, also called settling tanks or clarifiers, around late fall.  

Neighbors of the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant want to make sure the rise of new buildings at the facility don’t impact the sweeping view of the Santa Clara Valley. So there was reason for relief at a recent neighborhood meeting where water district officials said the two new structures now visible at the plant won’t go…

The Santa Clara County Fire Department has trained in many locations to sharpen the skills needed to help others, but they’ve rarely encountered an environment as unique and challenging as a water treatment plant under heavy construction. And that’s just the way they like it. “It’s such a changing environment. It looks different every day,” said…

Don’t be alarmed next week if you happen to see emergency vehicles and firefighters around the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant. It may look like a disaster in the making, but it’s a carefully planned exercise by the Santa Clara County Fire Department to prepare its teams to conduct search and rescue and extractions within an urban environment,…

The Reliability Improvement Project at the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant continues its second phase of work that will run through December. On Thursday, June 29, the Santa Clara Valley Water District invites you to to hear details of the progress and get a sense of what’s in store in the third of five planned phases…

This month, the Santa Clara Valley Water District will hold its first public meeting of the new year on the Reliability Improvement Project, fulfilling its promise to the community to keep it continually informed. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. at the treatment plant, 400 More Avenue. The project is currently in…