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SFPUC: reservoirs and snowpack lag; agency designates groundwater basins and moves to prepare sustainability plan
Summary
SFPUC staff reported below-average precipitation and snowpack while the commission voted to designate the SFPUC as the Groundwater Sustainability Agency for several local basins and to prepare a Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the North West Side basin.
At its March meeting the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission received a drought update and took formal steps on groundwater planning. Ellen Levin, Deputy Manager for the Water Enterprise, told the commission that system storage is higher this year than a year ago (66.4% vs. ~61.9%), but cumulative precipitation and snowpack remain well below normal (Hetch Hetchy at about 37.4% of average; snowpack roughly 20% of April 1 conditions). Levin stressed that 30% of the region’s precipitation historically falls from March to June and urged…
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