IN THIS ISSUE:
- Happy Holidays!
- Winter Water Tips
- Disaster Relief
- Connecticut Water Merger
- Awards
- Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge
- Upcoming Events
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Happy Holidays!
Everyone at SJW warmly wishes you and your family a wonderful holiday season!
Our employees have greatly enjoyed participating in our annual toy drive, collecting toys for children living in low-income communities in Santa Clara County.
Staff also had a great time setting up a special SJW tree for the opening of San Jose’s annual Christmas in the Park. To check it out in person, scroll down to our Upcoming Events section for details!
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Winter Water Tips
Take advantage of the wetter weather and adjust your irrigation timers (if you haven’t already). Give the irrigation a break and let Mother Nature take care of the watering for you!
Did you know that you can easily check for leaks by dyeing your toilet water? Simply open the toilet tank, drop a dye tablet or some food coloring in, and wait 15-20 minutes. Then look in the toilet bowl - if you see colored water, you have a leak. If the water is still clear, you’re in the clear, too!
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Disaster Relief - We’re Here to Help
At San Jose Water, we’re committed to providing support to our customers when facing the unimaginable — the loss of a home, business or property due to a disaster declared by the state or federal government. If you are a victim in this situation, we can help! From waiving bills to offering extended payment plan options, we will work with you to minimize any stressors under our control.
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Have you heard the news? As of October 9, 2019, our parent company, SJW Group, and Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (CTWS) completed their merger, making us part of one of the nation’s largest investor-owned pure play water and wastewater utilities.
This means we have a greater capacity to invest in local infrastructure, build on our strong customer service, provide growth opportunities for employees and continue to focus on supporting our local communities where we live, work, and serve.
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Awards
We’re proud to have recently participated in two separate award ceremonies! Pictured are Ed Lambing and Joshua Karpel from Operations, accepting the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)’s National Merit Award for SJW’s newly upgraded Montevina Water Treatment Plant. While the plant had previously struggled to treat large volumes of high turbidity water during winter storms, it received major upgrades over the course of 34 months. Read more here:
sjwater.com/2019-DBIA-Award.
Our Asset Management team was also recognized by
Reliabilityweb.com
for Best Reliability Engineering for a Maintenance Program! An international and highly competitive award, this recognition reflects the team’s application of robust asset criticality analysis and risk framework to ensure long-term reliability. Kurt Elvert, Andy Yang, Curt Rayer, Hannah Chen, and Zorawar Bindra accepted this award for SJW at the International Maintenance conference this month.
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Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge
Is the next successful startup incubating as we speak at
San Jose State University
? On December 3rd, student entrepreneurs shared their innovative ideas at the
Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge
Showcase. SJW’s own Sharon Whaley, Corporate Communications Manager and Tim McLaughlin, Supplier Diversity Manager, were delighted to participate as judge and keynote speaker, respectively. Congrats to all the finalists!!
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Open House
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Seven Trees Community Center
3590 Cas Dr, San Jose, CA 95111
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We warmly welcome our South San Jose and surrounding area customers to our first community open house of the year! The event will feature interactive exhibits, a presentation and Q&A with SJW staff, and refreshments.
Hope to see you there!
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Join this beloved San Jose holiday tradition in the heart of downtown at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez, now open every day through January 1st!
Don’t miss this family-friendly event with over 40 musical and animated exhibits, sparkly lights and a 60-foot Community Giving Tree (and smaller SJW tree!). According to the
event website
, displays this year include a melting snowman, caroling mice and elf woodcrafters. “Guests enter a winter wonderland of lights, songs and local entertainment while strolling through an enchanted forest of trees decorated by San Jose schools, community groups and businesses.”
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Have questions? Contact us at:
or call
(408) 279-7900.
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