Contact	Telephone	Fax
Administration	(408) 615-2000	(408) 247-0784
After Hours	(408) 615-5640
Utility Billing	(408) 615-2300	(408) 241-1543

The Sewer Utility provides sewer services to residents and businesses in Santa Clara. Services include:

• Construction, maintenance and inspection of the City's sewer system
• Upon request, installation of sewer lateral clean-outs for a nominal fee

More than 270 miles of sewer main collect and transport sanitary sewer flows by way of six pumping stations to the San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF). With a capacity to treat 167 million gallons of liquid waste per day, the RWF plant also treats waste from other cities in Santa Clara County.

Wastewater is treated in three stages:

1. Primary treatment
2. Activated sludge secondary treatment
3. Advanced tertiary treatment, comprised of nitrification, filtration and chlorine disinfection

The resulting highly treated water is discharged to the south San Francisco Bay, with a portion delivered to the South Bay Water Recycling (SBWR) Project; the SBWR portion is then prepared for distribution as recycled water for landscaping and dual plumbing projects.