SF officials approve upgrade to water system
(Oct. 30, 2008, The Mercury News)
SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco officials have approved a $4.4 billion plan to upgrade the Bay Area’s largest drinking water system, which draws water from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park. The city’s planning and public utilities commissions approved the upgrade Thursday, saying it’s needed to keep the system safe in case of a major earthquake or drought.
The plan calls for numerous projects, including replacing a dam at the Calaveras Reservoir that is not seismically safe and laying more pipeline.
It also calls for drawing more water from the Tuolumne River during droughts, a proposal that environmentalists do not support.
Opponents have 20 days to appeal the commissions’ approval to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors.
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