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Public and NGOs Pressure SFPUC as Bay‑Delta Plan Is Deferred to Dec. 12
Summary
At its Nov. 13 meeting the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard a detailed briefing on the Bay‑Delta Water Quality Control Plan and more than an hour of public comment, with environmental groups pressing the commission to support State Water Board flow standards and critics faulting SFPUC staff for reversing prior positions.
San Francisco — The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on Nov. 13 heard a lengthy update on the Bay‑Delta Water Quality Control Plan and drew sharp public criticism over the commission’s public stance and staff actions on Tuolumne River flows.
Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water, told commissioners the State Water Resources Control Board had deferred action on the plan until Dec. 12 to allow negotiations over voluntary settlement agreements. Ritchie outlined a range of projects the agency could pursue — recycled water expansions, indirect potable reuse partnerships, brackish desalination, Los Vaqueros reservoir investment and a possible Calaveras Reservoir expansion — and said the commission…
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