Water Appreciation Night
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Dependable water service is essential to the high quality of life that we all enjoy. As San Jose Water Company celebrates its 150th Anniversary, we take great pride in our enduring commitment to delivering safe, reliable, and high quality water coupled with exceptional customer service.
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110 West Taylor Street, San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 279-7900 • Se Habla Español www.sjwater.com 1866
CELEBRATING 150 YEARS of SERVICE
Celebrating
Complimentary tickets are available
2016
150 Years of Service to the Community
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vs Air Force Falcons Saturday, November 19, 2016, 7:30 p.m. CEFCU Stadium - Home of the Spartans 7th Street and Alma Avenue
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at www.sjwater.com or by calling (408) 279-7900 Terrell Lloyd, San José State University Athletics
Water Service Delivers Have you ever wondered what life would be like without safe, reliable, and high quality drinking water delivered to your home? Dependable water service sustains our economy, delivers public health protection, and provides for a high quality of life.
it continues to be the safest in the world. Much of the water that we use locally began as snow hundreds of miles away in the Sierra Nevada mountains. More than 25 million Californians depend on this source for the high quality water they receive.
Because we don’t see the pipes, pumps, tanks and treatment plants, most of us give very little thought to where our drinking water comes from or what is involved to make it safe to drink. Making sure it gets to our home 24 hours a day, 365 days a year is San Jose Water Company’s job so you can cook, clean, water your garden, and flush toilets. Reliable water service delivers all of these benefits at less than a penny per gallon. California Department of Water Resources
Each spring, the snow melts and travels to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through a complex network of rivers, canals, and reservoirs. The Delta is the collection point for this water supply and from here, the water is delivered to Santa Clara County and other parts of the State.
While water may fall from the sky, capturing, storing, treating, and delivering it to you requires a great deal of resources and expertise to ensure
After the raw water arrives into the County, it is treated through one of the three water treatment plants operated by the Santa Clara Valley Water District. The water treatment process involves multiple steps of filtration and testing to ensure that the water is safe to drink.
After treatment, San Jose Water Company distributes the water across more than 2,400 miles of pipes to more than one million people who live and work in our community. Groundwater is also pumped and delivered to customers through this vast pipeline network to ensure adequate supplies as well as safe and reliable water service. At San Jose Water Company, we are continually improving the water system to better serve you. Just some of the current initiatives include: Enhancing water quality through self assessments and continuous improvement in our treatment processes, monitoring, and source water protection programs; n
