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PUC: Hetch Hetchy near full; staff monitoring State Water Board curtailment notices
Summary
SFPUC staff said Hetch Hetchy storage is about 93% and city customers are conserving heavily, but recent State Water Board curtailment notices and litigation require close monitoring to protect San Francisco's water rights and operations.
Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told commissioners on July 14 that Hetch Hetchy reservoir levels remain high — "about 93% capacity" — and that the system-wide reductions in customer demand are outpacing targets. "In June we actually saved in San Francisco, 19.4% below 2013 demand," Ritchie said during the drought update.
Ritchie reviewed statewide reservoir conditions and noted that several Central Valley reservoirs are at very low levels — New Melones, he said, is "only 16% of…
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