Stream Flow Augmentation Project - Upper Silver Creek and Coyote Creek

Stream Flow Augmentation Project - Upper Silver Creek and Coyote Creek

The Santa Clara Valley District proposes the temporary release of tertiary treated wastewater (recycled water) into Upper Silver Creek for research purposes. The water would be diverted from an existing recycled water pipeline. Temporary equipment would be installed to remove residual chlorine disinfectant (dechlorinate) and cool the water prior to its release over a section of existing sacked concrete stream bank along the north side of Upper Silver Creek. The release would occur roughly 1.7 miles upstream of the confluence with Coyote Creek. The project would release between 0.5 and 1.0 cubic feet per second (225 to 450 gallons per minute) of recycled water during a trial period from mid-July to the end of October 2007. Both surface water and ground water chemistry and temperature will be monitored at established monitoring wells or surface stations along Upper Silver and Coyote Creek.

San Jose

Santa Clara

California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

Biological Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Wildlife