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SFPUC outlines sewer system operations and master plan, notes Southeast plant focus and $150 million capital program
Summary
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Susan Layl briefed the Board of Supervisors on the city's combined sewer operations and the SFPUC Sewer Master Plan, stressing infrastructure age, Southeast Treatment Plant priorities and an ongoing $150 million wastewater capital program.
Susan Layl, general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, presented an overview of the city's combined sewer system and described the SFPUC's Sewer Master Plan work and ongoing wastewater capital projects.
Layl explained that San Francisco is the only California city with a citywide combined sewer system that collects both household wastewater and street runoff. She outlined system scale and operations: more than 1,000 miles of sewer pipe, pipe diameters from 8 inches to over 5 feet, and gravity-based conveyance using the city's topography. She said the city generates about 83…
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