The santa clara valley water district (valley water), the south county regional wastewater authority (scrwa), the city of gilroy (gilroy), and the city of morgan hill (morgan hill) (partner…

The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water), the South County Regional Wastewater Authority (SCRWA), the City of Gilroy, and the City of Morgan Hill (Partner Agencies) were awarded a $598,360 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Recycling and Desalination Construction Programs (CFDA 15.504). The funding will support the development of a Title XVI Feasibility Study to further assess new recycled water reuse opportunities, including both non-potable and potable end uses, in the southern portion of Santa Clara County. The study is expected to take up to 24 months to complete and conclude by October 2025. The goal is to advance planning and preliminary design activities around these new potential recycled water projects, which aim to help alleviate dependence on local groundwater and contribute to the long-term water security of the region.

The santa clara valley water district (valley water), the south county regional wastewater authority (scrwa), the city of gilroy (gilroy), and the city of morgan hill (morgan hill) (partner agencies) have been working together since 1999 to find ways to develop and broadly distribute high quality recycled water for landscape, agriculture, and industrial uses in the southern portion of santa clara county (county). Recycled water is a reliable source of water supply that can help alleviate dependence on local groundwater, the sole source of water supply for both gilroy and morgan hill, and contribute to the long-term water security of the region. These agencies are nearing completion of an update to their 2015 south county recycled water master plan update that identified several new reuse opportunities for the southern portion of the county, including expanded treatment, recycled water pipelines, and new satellite facilities. Valley water and the partner agencies would like to use funds from this notice of funding opportunity (nofo) to further assess these opportunities, which include both non-potable and potable end uses, through the development of a title XVI feasibility study. Development of this feasibility study would help advance planning and preliminary design activities around these new potential projects which align with the goals and objectives of this nofo. IT is anticipated that the feasibility study would take up to 24 months to complete and would conclude by october 2025.