“Watershed” created by Oakland artist Peter Richards, is an environmental artwork integrating its conceptual and philosophical underpinnings with its functional role at the San José Environmental Innovation Center.
On a plot on the NW side of the new Household Hazardous Waste Facility (HHW), a 6,600 gallon water storage tank collects and stores rainwater captured from the Environmental Innovation Building. This water is used to irrigate a grove of recently transplanted 100 year-old olive trees, grape vines, and star jasmine.
