On Sept. 27, Eric W. Thornburg loaded up into a passenger van with his coworkers and headed out on a field trip into the Santa Cruz Mountains just above Lexington Reservoir. The Saratoga resident just happens to be the CEO of SJW Group, a utility company that clocked net income of $32.4 million in just the first six months of 2024. He was joined by Tanya Moniz-Witten, president of SJ Water Co., and several employees from different arms of the multi-pronged organization. The goal was to give workers an on-the-ground look at the life-sustaining system they use to bring drinking water to local dining tables—a way to bring spreadsheets and data points to life. What better way to do that than to head up into the Santa Cruz Mountains for an overview of the watershed that supplies Los Gatos and the surrounding areas with drinking water.