A Campbell street improvement project is getting recognition for replenishing the water table.

The city is receiving an “outstanding sustainable storm water project” award from the California Stormwater Quality Association for its design work on the Hacienda Avenue Green Street Improvement project, which captures and percolates runoff storm water back into the water table.

The California Stormwater Quality Association focuses on the advancement of storm water quality management by working with municipalities. The award will be presented at the Dec. 6 city council meeting.

The Hacienda Avenue project sees runoff storm water collected into basins, which then percolates through the soil and replenishes the water table underground. Fred Ho, the city’s senior civil engineer, said this is a better way to collect runoff storm water than having it go into a storm drain, through a solution plant and back into the bay.

“The main feature is how water is collected into what is called a biotreatment basin,” Ho said

The project is relatively new. The first rainfall the project was able to collect was on the day of its dedication on Nov. 24 last year. The rain the final weekend of October was the second.

The project also added sidewalks, gutters, accessibility ramps, street trees and LED street lighting along Hacienda Avenue from Winchester Boulevard to Burrow Road. Construction took place fall 2014 through fall 2015.

The project was also recognized by the American Public Works Association and Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program.

“We’re very proud of the project,” Ho said.

Funds for the project were available through Proposition 84 grant funding. Prop. 84, also known as the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control and Coastal Protection Bond Act, was approved by voters in 2006. The proposition allowed for grant funding to local municipalities focused on the reduction and prevention of storm water contamination in rivers, lakes and streams.

An additional $90,000 grant was provided by the Valley Transportation Authority’s Community Design and Transportation Program, according to the city.