SFPUC reports WSIP 96% complete, Calaveras Dam rising toward final elevation

Dan Wade, director of Water Capital Projects and Programs, told the commission the water capital improvement program continues to move forward across multiple regional projects.

"We have an overall completion of approximately 96%," Wade said while reviewing program metrics for the reporting period Jan. 1–March 30, 2018. He listed 87 WSIP projects totaling $4,800,000,000 and said the largest single project is the Calaveras dam replacement.

Wade reported the dam's top elevation stood at 694 (as of last month) and that the final top elevation of 776 is expected later this summer. He described construction activities—compacting lifts of core material, upstream and downstream shells, moisture conditioning, and night‑shift work—and showed photos from Observation Hill and other field sites. He also described completion of in‑stream fish‑passage components at the Alameda Creek diversion dam and the deployment of self‑cleaning drum fish screens.

On local water projects, Wade said 14 local projects are under construction but the forecast for miles of pipe to be installed this fiscal year had been reduced from about 11 miles to about 8 miles because of joint streetscape project delays (notably Van Ness). He said the automated meter program (phase 3) is about 61% complete and involves roughly 7,000 meter units being installed or handled by city staff.

Wade closed by noting progress on the regional groundwater storage and recovery project, the Sono Operations Yard improvements, and the Southern Skyline Ridge trail extension (about 6 miles of additional trail design at 95 percent), and offered to return with further updates.

The commission took no separate vote on the WSIP report; public comment on the general manager's report was closed after questions and discussion.