scholarly journals Santa Clara Valley water district multi-aquifer monitoring-well site, Coyote Creek Outdoor Classroom, San Jose, California

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.T. Hanson ◽  
M.W. Newhouse ◽  
C.M. Wentworth ◽  
C.F. Williams ◽  
T.E. Noce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
San Jose ◽  
Outdoor Classroom ◽  
Monitoring Well ◽  
Santa Clara Valley ◽  
Water District

A Five-Year Study of Needlestick Injuries: Significant Reduction Associated With Communication, Education, and Convenient Placement of Sharps Containers

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna J. Haiduven ◽  
Tammy M. DeMaio ◽  
David A. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Needlestick Injuries ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Santa Clara Valley ◽  
Control Department

AbstractObjective:To decrease the numbers of needlesticks among healthcare workers.Design:All reported needlestick injuries at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, were reviewed, analyzed, and tabulated by the infection control department yearly from 1986 to 1990.Setting:A 588-bed county teaching hospital in San Jose, California, affiliated with Stanford University.Participants:All employees of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center who reported needlestick injuries on injury report forms.Interventions:From April to December 1987, more needle disposal containers were added to as many patient care areas and as close to the area of use as possible. Results of 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1990 analyses were communicated yearly to all personnel, extensive educational programs were conducted in 1987 and 1988, and educational efforts continued in 1989 and 1990.Results:In 1986, there were 259 needlestick injuries at our institution, 22% (32) from recapping. After needle disposal containers were added to all patient care areas, needlestick injuries for 1988 totalled 143, a 45% decrease in the total needlestick injuries and a 53% decrease in recapping injuries. Communication of results to all areas of the hospital and educational activities were started in 1987 and continued through the next 3 years. In 1989, there were 135 needlestick injuries, a decrease of 6% from 1988; recapping injuries decreased 40% from 1988. In 1990, there were 104 needlestick injuries, a 23% decrease since 1989, and a 33% decrease in recapping injuries. The total number of needlestick injuries from 1986 to 1990 decreased by 60%, and those injuries from recapping decreased by 81% to 89%.Conclusions:We have continued to monitor needlestick injuries, communicate findings to all personnel, and include needlestick prevention in educational programs. We contend that more convenient placement of needle disposal containers, communication of tidings, and education do decrease needlestick injuries in healthcare workers.

Statistical and Simulation Analysis Assists Santa Clara Valley Water District Planning

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 82-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burton V. Dean ◽  
Roger L. Salstrom ◽  
Jim Fiedler ◽  
Bill Molnar ◽  
Kent Haake
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Santa Clara Valley ◽  
Water District

The Morgan Hill Earthquake of April 24, 1984—Effects on Facilities of the Santa Clara Valley Water District

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-656
Author(s):  
Robert E. Tepel
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
Santa Clara Valley ◽  
Water Treatment Plants ◽  
Emergency Operations Center ◽  
Santa Clara County ◽  
Water District

The Santa Clara Valley Water District (the District) is a public agency with flood control and water supply management authority in Santa Clara County, California. The District operates ten dams and reservoirs, two water treatment plants which supply potable water, 74 miles of large-diameter water distribution pipelines and 34 miles of small canals. Flood control facilities include 45 miles of streams channeled by levees and 17 miles of bayfront levees. Immediately after the earthquake, the District's Emergency Operations Center was activated. Major dams were inspected immediately by operations staff in accordance with standing instructions. The fundamental operations of the District were not interrupted by the earthquake in any significant way. Both water treatment plants operated continuously during and after the earthquake. Damage was limited to minor (functionally insignificant) surficial cracking at two embankment dams. Electronic distance measuring surveys indicated that a large existing landslide, on which one of the water treatment plants is located, moved as much as 13 mm as a result of the earthquake.

Parking Utilization in Neighborhood Shopping Centers on Transit Routes in San Jose, California

2013 ◽  
Vol 2359 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Smith
Keyword(s):  
City Council ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Light Rail ◽  
Shopping Centers ◽  
San Jose ◽  
The Public ◽  
Santa Clara Valley ◽  
Santa Clara County ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Transit Routes

This paper examines the minimum parking requirements for shopping centers located near Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail stations in San Jose, California. VTA, the primary transit provider in Santa Clara County, California, has supported reduced parking requirements for proposed transit-oriented developments along its transit lines, but parking reductions have often been opposed by local decision makers, city council members, and the public. Until recently, VTA has been unable to provide locally based research to support the claim that current parking minimums have led to excessive parking. This paper seeks to provide evidence to decision makers that supports the argument that parking requirements can be reduced along light rail transit lines. Two parking utilization surveys found that the utilization of free surface parking was far lower than the capacity during both the holiday shopping season and the off-season for 13 neighborhood shopping centers located near VTA light rail stations. Furthermore, the surveys found that increases in seasonal parking demand did not occur for most of the surveyed shopping centers. The results suggested that the minimum parking requirements for these neighborhood-oriented shopping centers located near VTA light rail stations are too high.

Silicon Wafers and Office Park Dreams : Cross-Cultural Designs, Aesthetics, and Art in and around California’s Santa Clara Valley

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Lin
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
Silicon Wafers ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
University Campus ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Office Design ◽  
Santa Clara Valley ◽  
Corporate Architecture

This chapter examines the visual culture of Silicon Valley. I look to Silicon Valley’s “golden years,” exemplified by the establishment of Xerox PARC in the 1970s, and analyse how PARC’s researchers’ embrace of open exchange and experimentation manifested in university campus-like office design. I subsequently consider the morphing of PARC’s design into the monumental corporate architecture of Apple Park, and the work/ play environments of Google and Airbnb. I argue that these late capitalist corporations aestheticize Silicon Valley’s foundational values, transforming the promotion of cross-cultural sharing into empty visual signs that mask economic inequality and displacement. Finally, the chapter discusses collaborations between artists and community groups, facilitated by the San José Museum of Art, which aim to reclaim multiculturalism and resist the area’s unsustainable gentrification.

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