Aecom Wins Contract for Drinking Water Project in Silicon Valley

07:22 AM EDT, 09/03/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Aecom (ACM) has received a contract from the Santa Clara Valley Water District to provide professional design services for the Pure Water Silicon Valley Demonstration Facility Project in California, the infrastructure company said Thursday. The project will help advance direct potable reuse as a potential future source of drinking water for Silicon Valley, the company said. The contract requires Aecom to oversee the design of a new direct potable reuse pilot facility and a LEED-certified, solar-ready learning center at the existing Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center site, Aecom said. The pilot facility will be capable of producing up to 200 gallons per minute of water and will evaluate treatment technologies for direct potable reuse applications, it said. The value of the contract was not disclosed.