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SFPUC reports nearing completion on major water projects; Calaveras work turns over to operations
Summary
SFPUC staff reported the Water System Improvement Program is about 97% complete, Calaveras-related work is nearing final punch-list completion, Snow Valley carbon system reached substantial completion, and multiple dam and reservoir planning efforts and recycled-water projects are advancing.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission received progress updates on its multi-year capital program on May 14, with staff reporting the Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) is approximately 97% complete and several major projects nearing final completion.
Dan Way, presenting the Water Enterprise capital-improvement update, said crews have installed roughly 7.8 miles of local water pipeline so far this fiscal year, with an expectation to install about 13 miles by year-end. He reported the Snow Valley Water Treatment Plant’s powdered activated carbon feed system reached substantial completion and has been turned over to operations; operations staff plan to bring it online later in the month to address taste-and-odor issues. The Calaveras treatment plant subproject and an Alameda Creek fish-passage facility were described as substantially complete, with final construction completion for Calaveras anticipated in June.
Way also outlined planning work on Pilocetus Dam and the San Andreas Dam spillways and outlet works, and noted ongoing work to evaluate purified-water opportunities — including indirect and direct potable reuse options that could provide up to 15,000,000 gallons per day over a multi-decade horizon — and the Westside enhanced water-recycling construction progress. The Alameda Creek recapture project’s revised administrative draft environmental impact report will be recirculated when scheduled, likely in the fall, the presentation said.
Commissioners praised staff for the long-running effort to complete the WSIP and asked follow-up questions about testing schedules, pipeline siting, and outreach on watershed center design and RFP development. Staff agreed to provide more detailed briefings where commissioners requested them.
What happens next: staff will continue final punch-list work on Calaveras, complete testing on groundwater storage well sites, advance the Alameda Creek EIR schedule when ready and proceed with Westside project contracting and construction milestones.
