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SFPUC reports Hetch Hetchy at 78% and says city has met annual water savings target
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SFPUC Assistant GM Steve Ritchie said Hetch Hetchy reservoirs are at about 78% capacity and the system has saved about 11.4 billion gallons so far this water year, meeting the agency—s target; he cautioned that statewide drought conditions and regulatory changes remain uncertain.
Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water, gave the commission a drought and supply update, saying Hetch Hetchy storage was at roughly 78 percent of capacity and the agency has met its systemwide annual conservation target. "We estimated that to meet our targets for the year we needed to save about 11,000,000,000 gallons of water system wide and here we are ... saved already 11,400,000,000 gallons," Ritchie said.
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