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SFPUC keeps 10% voluntary conservation target as WSIP delays raise supply questions
Summary
SFPUC staff reported storage at about 64.5% and set a systemwide voluntary 10% water-use reduction target to defer harsher cuts; commissioners pressed staff on program delays to key WSIP projects — notably Calaveras and the Groundwater Storage & Recovery project — and asked staff to report on emergency agreements for upstream supply.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission staff on June 25 told the commission the city is continuing a systemwide voluntary conservation target of 10 percent to manage the current multi-year drought and to avoid a more severe 20 percent cut if dry conditions persist.
Assistant General Manager for Water Steve Ritchie said the system’s total storage stands at roughly 64.5 percent of capacity, with Hetch Hetchy near full but the Water Bank substantially drawn down (about 197,000 acre-feet stored). He said the combined customer conservation goal — approximately an 8 billion gallon reduction for the year — is achievable if recent demand reductions hold through the summer.
"By getting to 10 percent this year and keeping that up, that defers the need to go to 20 percent next year," Ritchie said in his presentation. Staff showed modeling that suggests staying near current demand trends through September would put the…
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