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San Francisco Submits Preliminary Permit Application to Feds for New Wave Power Project Off Ocean Beach: Will Generate 10 – 30 Megatts of Power, Provide 100 New Jobs (Gavin Newsom, CleanTechnica)

(February 27, 2009, Gavin Newsom, CleanTechnica)
Today, San Francisco took a meaningful step toward turning the promise of renewable ocean energy into reality. We submitted a preliminary permit application to the federal government to develop a wave power project off our coast that we believe can generate between 10 to 30 megawatts of energy, with potential [...]

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Rise of the Water Entrepreneur: Look to Business Sector to Find Next Generation of Water Saving Opportunities (SanFranciscoChronicle)

(March 5, 2009, The San Francisco Chronicle)
The ongoing struggles of managing California’s limited water supply to support our cities, farms and natural environment are well known. As we face what some are calling one of the worst droughts in California history, we must all learn to conserve water wherever possible. Just as the Bay Area [...]

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$1.9bn Water System Bill Signed By Newsom to Generate 28,000 Jobs in Bay Area: PIPELINES, TUNNELS, PUMP STATIONS, DAMS and Dozens of Individual Projects

(Dec. 19, 2008, The Mercury News)
A plan to upgrade the water system that supplies more than two million people in the San Francisco Bay Area with drinking water is moving forward. Mayor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that appropriates $1.9 billion for the $4.4 billion Water System Improvement Program, which was passed by voters.
City [...]

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