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SFPUC: Hetch Hetchy storage okay but Water Bank falling; staff proposes deeper retail conservation
Summary
SFPUC staff told the commission that Hetch Hetchy is at about 77% storage but interagency Water Bank is down to ~154,000 acre-feet and likely to fall further; the State Water Board adopted statewide retail reduction rules May 5 and staff proposes a 10% retail goal and a 25% dedicated irrigation cut with excess-use charges.
Assistant General Manager for Water Steve Ritchie briefed the commission on drought operations and state action, emphasizing that local reservoir levels do not by themselves indicate system sufficiency.
Ritchie said Hetch Hetchy storage was about 77 percent and that local Peninsula reservoirs (San Antonio, Crystal Springs, San Andreas) were high by design. "We make sure that if there is available storage capacity down here in the Bay Area, that we actually bring excess water from Hetch Hetchy down here and store it in our local…
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