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SFPUC outlines projects, costs and constraints in response to proposed Bay-Delta plan
Summary
Assistant General Manager Steve Ritchie told commissioners that meeting the State Water Board’s draft Bay‑Delta requirements could require up to 900,000 acre-feet of new storage or about 100 MGD of additional supply, with capital costs likely exceeding $2 billion and rate increases of roughly 8–17% over 15 years.
Assistant General Manager for Water Steve Ritchie presented a multi-part staff assessment of how the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission might respond if the State Water Board adopts its current Bay‑Delta water quality control plan.
Ritchie said achieving the commission’s stated level-of-service objective in an extended drought could require up to 900,000 acre‑feet of new storage or approximately 100 million gallons per day (MGD) of new supply capacity. Staff identified candidate projects—Daily City recycled water expansion (estimated ~3 MGD), potable reuse with Silicon Valley Clean Water (6–12 MGD), partnerships with Alameda County Water District (5–10…
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