Welcome to the Plant Master Plan Update, a snapshot of what’s happening in the three-year effort to develop a master plan for the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant (Plant) and its 2,600-acre site—a place twice the size of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. We appreciate your interest and participation in this unique project.

WHAT’S NEW?
Through June 30, 2010, submit your input on the three land use alternative maps at rebuildtheplant.org. The findings will be used to create the recommended alternative. Thank you to those who submitted comments at a community workshop or through the online questionnaire.

KEY TOPICS

Community workshops draw public and media interest: 
In May 2010, five community workshops were held across the Plant service area to collect public input on the Plant Master Plan land use alternatives. Participants heard a project overview, rotated through topic-specific stations, and gave input through a multiple-choice questionnaire with free response sections. More than 200 participants, Community Advisory Group members, and dignitaries attended. See below for media coverage. For more information, visit rebuildtheplant.org.


In the news: View our recent media coverage –

• Coverage of the May community workshop series in The Mercury News, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, and The Milpitas Post.
• Rosy Chu of Bay Area People discussed the Plant Master Plan with Environmental Services Director John Stufflebean with shows on May 7 and 9 (KTVU and KICU respectively). Watch the show on our website.
• Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell hosted a Building America’s Future (BAF) press conference at the Plant in February 2010.
• Plant wins Green California Leadership Award for leadership and innovations in implementing energy efficient practices.
  

Sustaining our water supply: The Santa Clara Valley Water District, in partnership with the City of San José, is planning to build an advanced recycled water treatment facility at the Plant. This facility will nearly double the amount of recycled water currently produced for irrigation, industrial processes, building cooling, and flushing toilets, as well as help reach San José’s goal of recycling or beneficially reusing 100 percent of our wastewater. For more information, contact Santa Clara Valley Water District Senior Project Manager Tim Nguyen at 408-265-2600 x2020 or timnguyen@valleywater.org.

Did you know?

The Plant was not designed to remove medicines, which can harm marine life and enter the food chain. Never flush medicines down toilets or drains. Instead, visit hhw.org for disposal instructions or a drop-off location.

  

YOU’RE INVITED

Visit our meeting calendar for event details

• June – Free Plant tours begin. Sign up in advance.
• June 30 – Deadline to submit input on the land use alternatives.
• September – The Community Advisory Group will resume regular meetings in the fall. Meeting details will be posted at rebuildtheplant.org.

PLANT MASTER PLAN TIMELINE

CONTACT US

Submit your feedback through the online comment form or contact Project Manager Kirsten Struve at kirsten.struve@sanjoseca.gov or 408-945-5180. Your feedback is always appreciated!

rebuildtheplant.org

PLANT MASTER PLAN GOALS

• Operational – Result in a reliable, flexible Plant that can respond to changing conditions.
• Environmental – Improve habitat and minimize impacts to the local and global environment.
• Economical – Maximize economic benefits for customers through cost-effective options.
• Social – Maximize community benefits through improved aesthetics and recreational uses.

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