CIP accomplishments to date include: 

• 19 projects completed, valued at $620.0 million.
• 5 projects currently in construction and post-construction, valued at $376.2 million.

Completed Projects

• 96-Inch and 87-Inch Settled Sewage Pipe Rehabilitation - completed February 2022; $6.4 million total; $4.4 million construction
• Advanced Facility Control & Meter Replacement Phase 1 - completed July 2022; $12.5 million total; $6.9 million construction
• Advanced Facility Controls and Meter Replacement Phase 2 - completed June 2023; $15.1 million total; $8.3 million construction
• Cogeneration Facility - completed December 2020; $115 million total; $92 million construction
• Construction Enabling Improvements – completed August 2018; $4.5 million total; $3.3 million construction
• Digester Gas Compressor Upgrade – completed April 2017; $15 million total; $13 million construction 
• Digester Gas Storage Replacement – completed November 2015; $2.8 million total; $2.0 million construction
• Digester & Thickener Facilities Upgrade - completed April 2022; $228 million total; $178 million construction
• Emergency Diesel Generators – completed July 2017; $18 million total; $15 million construction
• ESB Lab HVAC Ducting Replacement - completed November 2021; $900,000 total; $500,000 construction
• Fiber Optic Connection – completed January 2017; $627,000 total; $254,000 construction
• Headworks – completed September 2024; $171.7 million total; $126.4 million construction
• Headworks Critical Improvements – completed August 2018; $2.4 million total; $1.7 million construction
• Iron Salt Feed Station – completed May 2018; $8.4 million total; $5.7 million construction
• Plant Instrument Air System Upgrade – completed November 2018; $4.5 million total; $3.2 million construction
• Switchgear M4 Replacement and G3 & G3A Removal - completed May 2022; $10.2 million total; $5.6 million construction
• Yard Piping Improvements - Phase 1 - completed January 2022; $5 million total; $3 million construction

*As of 6/6/2026.

San José has received a number of industry awards commemorating its financial reporting and transparency. Below is a list of the awards and distinctions it has received from professional associations.

• 2024 Northern California Chapter of CMAA (Construction Management Association of America) Award for the New Headworks Project
• 2022 CASA (California Association of Sanitation Agencies) Organizational Excellence Award 
• 2021 CASA (California Association of Sanitation Agencies) Resiliency and Innovation Excellence Award 
• 2021 DBIA (Design-Build Institute of America) National Award of Merit Water/Wastewater 
• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award: 28 of the last 28 years (including 2017-2018)
• 28 consecutive years of GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)
• GFOA Certificate of Recognition for Budget Preparation: 14 of the last 14 years (including 2016-2017)
• CA Society of Municipal Finance Officers – Excellence in Operational Budgeting: 17 of the last 17 years (including 2016-2017)
• CA Society of Municipal Finance Officers – Excellence in Capital Budgeting: 14 of the last 14 years (including 2016-2017)

ICMA Center for Performance Measurement: Certificates of Distinction and Excellence 2002-2003 through 2016-2017 (15 years).