Silicon Valley Clean Water

Today is Imagine a Day Without Water, and we encourage everyone to take part. This national education campaign invites community members and organizations to highlight how water is one of our most precious resources, and that we must invest in protecting it for our survival. We have continued working safely throughout the pandemic to treat our region's wastewater. The SVCW facility enables wastewater to be recycled using state-of-the-art biological treatment. Clean water is a...vailable for reuse and the fragile ecosystem of the San Francisco Bay is protected for current and future generations to enjoy. What is the value of water in your daily life? #ValueWater #svcw #sustainability #water City of San Carlos City of Redwood City Belmont, California West Bay Sanitary District

Check out the October 2020 edition of our eNewsletter! Get the scoop on what's up at our #wastewater #treatment plant, including a sustainable energy award, the start of continuous mining by Salus the #TBM and how to take part in Imagine a Day Without Water. You can also learn about how you can still #registertovote in #election2020, and #COVID19 safety tips for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. Curious what's in this photo? It's the California Switch; read about its use in ...our newsletter. Read about these news items and more at https://conta.cc/3m3hl9O City of Redwood City City of San Carlos @BelmontCalifornia @WestBaySanitaryDistrict

Check it out - we were recognized as a 2020 Utility of the Future Today for our work on Energy Generation & Recovery. Learn more about our work and the award here: https://youtu.be/hZsUcdCBiRw?t=3235 #svcw #wastewater #sustainability #energy Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Can’t figure out what to watch next on Netflix? Check out Kiss the Ground, a new documentary about regenerative agricultural practices that help solve our current climate crisis. The documentary goes in depth on the variety of mechanisms to regenerate healthy soil like utilizing biosolids - a product that we process and recover at the treatment plant. Check out the movie today at kissthegroundmovie.com or on Netflix, and Read more about our Solids Management here: http://bit.ly/3coh4 #kisstheground #biosolids #climatecrisis #documentary #SVCW #innovation

On this final day of #ConstructionSafetyWeek, we celebrate and thank all the our work construction crews do every day to stay safe. The safety strides and efforts of all our staff, contractor partners and crews enabled us to continue operating despite COVID. Today marks 608 days without a loss time accident! Safety is always a top priority and we are proud of the construction workers on our sites. We practice safety measures prescribed by the #CDC to keep ourselves safe, so we can continue to operate the SVCW wastewater treatment plant and RESCU construction projects upgrading the conveyance system to keep San Francisco Bay healthy. #ThankYouConstructionWorkers

On this second day of #ConstructionSafetyWeek, we want to identify two program fundamentals that help to keep us safe. First, big thanks go out to our Safety Committee and the work they continue to do to keep us safe. The Safety Committee comprises of SVCW staff who perform safety workplace inspections to identify and rectify hazards to help prevent injuries and illnesses. In addition, our contractor-partner, Shea-Parsons Joint Venture, successfully uses a system of brassing in and out of the Front of Plant project shafts. This safety measure allows crews to track where personnel are located, and who enters/exits the shafts. We work closely with our contractor partners as they implement their construction safety plans for all RESCU construction projects. Front of Plant project: www.svcw-rescu.org/front-of-plant

Today marks the start of Construction Safety Week! We at SVCW hold ourselves accountable to high safety standards, Always. This year’s #ConstructionSafetyWeek theme is Built on Safety. We continue to put safety as a top priority always, and our staff, contractor partners, and construction crews all take their own safety and the safety of everyone on site to heart. We prioritize safety because our families at home and at work depend on it. Follow along with us this week to learn more about how SVCW and the RESCU program are #BuiltOnSafety.

The September 2020 edition of our eNewsletter is out! Catch up with what's been going on here at our #wastewater #treatment plant, learn more about our sustainability efforts (and awards!), find out how Salus the #TBM is doing, and much more! Read here: https://conta.cc/2FjWfDO City of San Carlos City of Redwood City @belmontcalifornia

Silicon Valley Clean Water recently won the 2020 Utility of the Future Today Recognition Program award for our Energy Generation and Recovery program! The award, presented by the Water Environment Federation (WEF), honors forward-thinking, innovative water utilities that are providing resilient value-added service to communities, particularly in community engagement, watershed stewardship, and recovery of resources such as water, energy, and nutrients. It celebrates our effor...ts to obtain maximum energy efficiency and sustainability in our wastewater treatment system operations, as well as our work to exceed regulatory requirements. Thank you Learn more about the award here: https://bit.ly/3h5Q3g4 City of Redwood City City of San Carlos City of Belmont CA @WestBaySanitaryDistrict #sustainability #wastewater #treatment #water #energy #SVCW

Today marks the centennial ratification of the #19thAmendment giving women the right to vote. After nearly 100 years of fighting for equal rights, activists, reformers and women won - declaring that women, like men, deserve the rights to and responsibilities of citizenship. Though women were given equal rights under the Constitution, the fight for equality for all women has continued long after. We thank those who tirelessly fought and continue the fight today. #WomensSuffrage #Centennial

In this month's #SVCW e-news, you'll get the scoop on an important green energy milestone that benefits both the environment and the community. You'll also see the latest updates on the RESCU construction, which we're proud to say is proceeding nicely with strict COVID-19 and other safety measures in place. We also recognize another milestone--the 19th amendment ratification centennial--which we hope inspires you to register to vote! Read this month's newsletter here: https://conta.cc/2PCZXur #wastewater #treatment #tunneling #TBM #19thAmendment #cleanenergy #covid19 #siliconvalley #news

Exciting news! SVCW reached a major milestone for expanding its energy resiliency and efficiency program by implementing energy storage onsite using Tesla batteries. After years of work, PG&E approved SVCW to export energy generated at the wastewater treatment plant back into the power grid. On July 22, 2020, SVCW successfully completed the removal of programming that prevented power from being exported, conducted a full power discharge of the Tesla battery system, and energ...ized the batteries all without losing any power at the plant. For the full press release, go here: https://conta.cc/30lFUqi For more information about SVCW and our Energy Program, visit: www.svcw.org #greenenergy #sustainability #energy #wastewatertreatment #SFBay #milestone #SVCW Belmont, California City of Redwood City City of San Carlos West Bay Sanitary District

Salus, the Tunnel Boring Machine, successfully launched for her second drive towards the SVCW treatment plant last week! After a successful first drive, Salus' second journey will cross twice the distance of the first. Based on monitoring and data derived from the first drive, you won’t be able to tell that she is hard at work beneath the surface on her 2.5 mile voyage from the launch shaft (pictured) at Holly Street and Shoreway Road towards the Front of Plant at SVCW’s wastewater treatment site. To follow Salus’ journey, go here: www.svcw-rescu.org/gravity-pipeline and for more information about the second drive launch, go here: www.svcw-rescu.org/tbm-second-drive. #RESCU #SVCW #GravityPipeline #WastewaterTreatment #Innovation

It’s #NationalSafetyMonth! We take safety seriously at SVCW as the health and safety of our employees and Community is an integral part of all operations. Every month, SVCW’s Safety Committee sets out for inspections to identify any existing and potential hazards at the workplace. svcw.org City of Redwood City City of San Carlos Belmont, California