San José Opens $177MM Dewatering Facility, Shrinking 500-Plus Acres of Sludge Lagoons to a 10-Acre Site

The cities of San José and Santa Clara cut the ribbon on a $177 million mechanical dewatering plant at their jointly owned Alviso wastewater facility, retiring a weather-dependent, four-year lagoon process and setting the stage for hundreds of acres of bayfront land to move toward other uses.