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Supervisors call for analyst report on alternative earthquake water-supply options for West and South sides
Summary
Supervisors Feuer and Peskin asked the Budget and Legislative Analyst to examine alternatives for the city's emergency water supply system (AWSS), including feasibility and cost of expanding AWSS to the West Side of San Francisco.
Supervisor Scott Wiener (note: attendee list context) — sorry, transcript identifies Supervisor Feuer as speaker — asked the board to request a report from the Budget and Legislative Analyst on the city's emergency water-supply system (AWSS) and alternatives to protect neighborhoods not covered by the existing system.
Supervisor Feuer said April 18 marked the 111th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake and fire and said recent Public Utilities Commission hearings left her with concerns about how the West and South sides of San Francisco would be protected in the event of another major earthquake and conflagration. She said most of central San Francisco is covered by the auxiliary water supply system (AWSS), which has withstood prior earthquakes, but said the West Side and South Side are vulnerable.
Feuer and Supervisor Peskin called for a report from the Budget and Legislative Analyst examining the feasibility and cost of alternatives, including expanding the AWSS to the West Side. The request was presented as a Board referral to the analyst; the transcript records the introduction of the request but does not show a final vote adopting a report schedule on April 18.
