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SFPUC approves water-supply assessments for five projects amid Bay-Delta flow uncertainty
Summary
The commission approved water-supply assessments for five development projects (including Balboa Reservoir) after adding language endorsing voluntary-agreement negotiations; staff provided three supply scenarios tied to the State Water Board's Bay-Delta plan and warned worst-case retail rationing could reach ~50%.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on May 28 approved water-supply assessments (WSAs) for five development proposals, including the Balboa Reservoir project, while adding a formal statement supporting SFPUC participation in voluntary-agreement negotiations with the state.
Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water, told commissioners the items present a range of outcomes because of the State Water Resources Control Board's December action on the Bay-Delta plan. "We had to identify three possible scenarios," he said, including (1) the plan as adopted, (2) a voluntary agreement that would…
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