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SJW Group ("SJW") is a water utility processing, distribution, wholesale and retail company based in San Jose, California.It serves 228,000 connections that serves over 1 million residents in regions of California, and approximately 17,000 connections, which serves about 60,000 people in Texas.
In 1916-1934 there was a drought due to lack of rainfall; this coupled with excessive water withdrawal dropped the average water level in wells in the Santa Clara Water District by 108 feet. [2] Excessive water consumption over many years has led to groundwater drops of more than 200 feet in some areas. [ 4 ]
California Water Service, commonly known as Cal Water, is an American company providing drinking water and wastewater services to a number of regions within the state of California. It was founded in 1926 and is based in San Jose, California, and provides service across multiple local districts, reaching more than 484,900 customers. [1]
San Jose Water was also the recipient of four prestigious public outreach awards. SAN JOSE, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-San Jose Water ("SJW" or "the Company"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SJW Group ...
WATER RESTRICTIONS: With the new rules in San Jose, lawn watering is now limited to two days per week, no more than 15 minutes at a time and not between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
In the 1880s, San Jose built a simple sewage disposal system that discharged untreated wastewater directly into the San Francisco Bay. It was the largest sewage disposal system in the South Bay, with enough capacity for 250,000 people despite a population under 15,000, in order to discharge organic waste from the city's many fruit canneries.
The Los Gatos Creek runs 24 miles (39 km) in California through Santa Clara Valley Water District's Guadalupe Watershed from the Santa Cruz Mountains northward through the Santa Clara Valley until its confluence with the Guadalupe River in downtown San Jose. The Guadalupe River then continues onward into San Francisco Bay.
It provides 12% of San Jose Water Works’ total water capacity in some years. [6] The lake and dam is owned by the San Jose Water Company , [ 6 ] In 1988 and 1989, two earthquakes at M =5.3 and 5.4 respectively occurred at Lake Elsman that transferred stress that led to the 1989 M =6.9 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake .