Virtual Tour of the Water Purification Center

Take a free virtual tour of some of Valley Water's water purification center infrastructure facilities. Co-hosted by the Los Altos Recreation, you will learn about the advanced treatment processes and the role of recycled and purified water as a future sustainable water supply. Attendees will learn how our infrastructure works together to provide safe, clean drinking water to residents of Santa Clara County and how Valley Water is responding to the various challenges that impact our water supply.

The award-winning facility uses advanced technoloties to purify secondary treated waste water and provides clean, high-quality water through processes like microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and UV light disinfection.  The result is 8 million gallons a day of highly purified water that is demostrated to be safe for drinking, though at this time, it is used for recycled water purposes. A second similar facility is being planned with the same technology to increase our dringing…