The Santa Clara Valley Water District has delayed issuing an RFP to shortlisted bidders for its Expedited Purified Water Program in California, USA. 

The water treatment plant will be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP/P3) scheme. The project is expected to provide up to 45,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) of purified water for indirect and/or direct potable reuse to supplement groundwater recharge from other existing sources, such as imported and locally-stored water supply. 

The first phase of program implementation will be an up to 24,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) expansion of the SVAWPC with a conveyance pipeline and indirect potable reuse via the Los Gatos Recharge Ponds.

The authority has shortlisted five teams for the project consists of:

1. AECOM Veolia Partners: AECOM Capital, Inc. / Veolia North America, Inc. / AECOM Energy and Construction. Inc. / AECOM Energy and Construction. Inc. / AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
2. Poseidon Water LLC: (Subsidiary of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, L.P. ) /Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. / Arcadis U.S. Inc. / SUEZ Water Environmental Services Inc. and Sacyr Environment USA LLC (Joint Venture) 
3. Santa Clara Water Partners: a joint venture between Plenary Group USA Concessions Ltd.; EPCOR USA Inc.; and PCL Construction, Inc. /Garney Pacific, Inc.
4. Silicon Valley NEWater Partners: Table Rock Infrastructure Partners / CH2M HILL Engineers, Inc. /Jacobs / Ullico Infrastructure Fund, Meridiam
5. Silicon Valley Water LLC: Acciona Agua Corporation USA /J.R. Filanc
   Construction Company, Inc. / Steve P. Rados, Inc. / Tetra Tech, Inc