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Nearly $1 billion project aims to capture more water during wet years to store for dry years

Santa Clara Valley Water District studying San Jose, Palo Alto, Mountain View as possible locations

Increased labor and building materials, along with changed spillway design to blame, engineers say

In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which allocated $2.6 billion for the public benefits of water storage

The $2.8 billion Pacheco Pass reservoir project is still looking for investors

Plans to build a new dam for Pacheco Reservoir in southeast Santa Clara County are on hold after a superior court judge in May ruled

Activists and Native American tribal members breathed a sigh of relief after a California judgerecently ruled a Bay Area water district violated the state’s flagship

Santa Clara County Superior Court ruled on May 18th that the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water), the agency pushing for construction of the controversial

Judge rules Santa Clara Valley Water District violated environmental laws on Pacheco Dam drilling

Biden administration EPA set to announce $727 million in low-interest loans for Santa Clara County water plans

Drought enters fourth year as voters shake up Santa Clara Valley Water District leadership

The governing body of Santa Clara County’s largest water supplier will not decide whether to discipline one of its own members found to have abused

Two elected officials in Silicon Valley are investigating one of their colleagues for alleged misconduct after endorsing and donating to his campaign. It’s a move other

The Sierra Club and the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band formally joined the lawsuit filed by the Stop the Pacheco Dam Project Coalition against the Santa

Santa Clara County panel argues that cities, agencies craft misleading ballot labels with ‘proponent’s bias’

When people are in the voting booth, they may not question whether their tap ran that morning. But one local race – for a seat

Deceptive ballot measure was the final straw. Voters should oust Estremera, Kremen

Five candidates are running for two seats that could determine control of Silicon Valley’s largest water agency

Whoever is elected will help decide how to spend a gargantuan county budget roughly equal to the entire gross domestic product of The Bahamas

Landslide issues around Anderson Reservoir can’t be fixed, Santa Clara Valley Water District says

A lawsuit filed against Santa Clara Valley Water District now has two more plaintiffs. The groups say they’re against the proposed Pacheco Dam because they

The opposition against the Pacheco Dam expansion in South County is growing—and so is the list of plaintiffs suing Valley Water over the project. This week,

The Stop Pacheco Dam Coalition, which filed a lawsuit against Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (Valley Water) Pacheco Dam project in June, has been joined

More than half of Valley Water’s board of directors is up for reelection this November, with one facing competition due to a recent extension of

Measure A, adding a fourth term for for Santa Clara Valley Water District board, approved by 1%

$1.1 billion earthquake safety project may be widened to enlarge San Luis Reservoir

As California endures water restrictions due to widespread drought, a proposed $2.5-billion reservoir expansion project in Santa Clara County promises to increase the amount of

Proposed 320-foot-high dam near Pacheco Pass doesn’t have environmental studies as required by law, critics say

Measure A is ahead 51-49% but each update has shown the margin growing closer

The Valley Water Board of Directors led senior staff in a series of successful virtual meetings with leaders in Washington, D.C., on March 28-30 to

They must be held accountable for costly, deceptive ballot measure before voters June 7

Internal polls taken by the Santa Clara Valley Water District, Silicon Valley’s largest water provider, show that voters oppose the idea of extending the term

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo comes out against June ballot measure, city council vote expected next week The board of the Santa Clara Valley Water

Directors of a Santa Clara County water district want to extend their term limits, even as some members cast doubts about the cost and necessity. Valley

The project [Pacheco Dam], however, faces opposition from a newly formed group called the Stop the Pacheco Dam Project coalition. They argue that in addition

After more than four years of planning, study and political debate, a proposal to build a $2.3 billion reservoir in Santa Clara County – the