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Board backs new rules to require water recycling in large new buildings and city policy to expand recycled water use
Summary
Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance that will require certain large new developments to use on-site nonpotable water systems, mandate water-budget analyses for sizable projects, and set city policy to phase in recycled water for public irrigation and cleaning.
The Board of Supervisors on July 16 unanimously approved on first reading an ordinance that requires large new developments in San Francisco to include on-site water reuse systems or participate in district-scale nonpotable systems, and sets a city policy to expand recycled water use in public spaces.
Supervisor Scott Wiener, the measure's lead sponsor, said the ordinance is intended to address California's prolonged drought and to conserve potable water by requiring available alternate water sources…
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