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Santa Clara Valley Water District
Neighborhood work
Page, Sunnyoaks and McGlincey
Road Percolation Ponds
Maintenance Project
This project will remove an estimated 10,000 cubic
yards of sediment, enough to fill 1,250 dump trucks.
Sediment removal is important to sustain the recharge
capability of the ponds. This helps replenish the
groundwater basin and provide reliable water supply.
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Ponds highlighted in yellow indicate project areas.
The water district will not clean or drain Budd Avenue
Ponds and one McGlincey Avenue Pond during this
scheduled maintenance project to allow birds a place
for water, food and safety.
* Project start dates and duration may vary due to site conditions
and equipment availability.
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Water district crews use heavy equipment to remove
sediment from a percolation pond in Morgan Hill.
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Trucks and crews will access the ponds at Sunnyoaks
and Hacienda avenues. No road closures are
expected, but traffic control may be needed at times.
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A five-person crew will work at the project site using
a motor grader, backhoe, dump trucks, generator and
water pump. A generator, designed to operate more
quietly, will continuously pump water during project
work hours for three to five days from some ponds.
Expect typical construction noise during work hours.
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Expect work to start in early June and take
approximately two weeks to complete.* Project work
hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
In the unlikely event of delays, work hours may extend
to include some work on Saturdays.
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The Santa Clara Valley Water District will perform
pond maintenance and pipe replacement work on the
Page, Sunnyoaks and McGlincey Road percolation
ponds that are near Sunnyoaks Avenue and
McGlincey Lane in Campbell.
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About the project
Groundwater recharge
You’re in a watershed
One of the ways the water district ensures a reliable
supply of healthy, clean drinking water is through
management of the county’s groundwater basins.
Nearly half of the water used in Santa Clara County
comes from wells that access the county’s aquifers.
No matter where
you are, you’re
in a watershed.
A watershed is
the area of land
that drains a common
waterway. In Santa Clara
County, our creeks catch rain
and runoff from storm drains
and carry the water north to San
Francisco Bay or south to Monterey Bay. Along the
way, some of the water is used to fill reservoirs for
drinking water, replenish the underground aquifer
and create better habitat for fish and wildlife.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District operates water
supply reservoirs and stream-diversion facilities in
the watersheds of Santa Clara County and imports
Sierra runoff from the Central Valley and State Water
Projects to replenish those aquifers. Local runoff
stored in reservoirs and imported water is released
into creeks and recharge ponds located throughout
the county to augment natural percolation and
maintain groundwater levels for a reliable water
supply.
The percolation process naturally cleans the
groundwater.
Drains to
Alameda County
Lower
Peninsula
Watersheds
West
Valley
Watersheds
Guadalupe
Watershed
Coyote
Watershed
Uvas/Llagas
Watersheds
This project is in the West Valley Watershed,
an 85-square-mile area of multiple small-creek
watersheds. Characterized by the contrast between
its channelized creeks on the valley floor and its
more natural streams in the hillsides, this watershed
is the county’s smallest.
What we do
The Santa Clara Valley Water District manages water
resources and provides stewardship for the county’s
five watersheds, including 10 reservoirs, hundreds of
miles of streams and groundwater basins. The water
district also provides flood protection throughout
Santa Clara County.
Pollution hotline
Contact us
To report illegal dumping of hazardous materials
in, or around reservoirs and creeks, please call
1-888-510-5151.
For more information, contact
Jerry Sparkman at (408) 2652607, ext. 3254, or visit our website
at www.valleywater.org and use our
Access Valley Water customer request
and information system. With three easy
steps, you can use this service to find out
the latest information on the project or to
submit questions, complaints or compliments directly to a district staff person.
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