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SFPUC warns drought persists; keeps 10% reduction target and plans leak notifications
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard a general manager update showing Hetch Hetchy at about 69% capacity, roughly 50,000 acre‑feet available to the city, and a state push for new restrictions. Staff said the city will continue a 10% water‑use reduction target and begin automated leak notifications in April.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on March 24 heard a detailed briefing on drought conditions and the utility’s response.
Steve Ritchie, the system official who presented the update, said Hetch Hetchy reservoir stands at roughly 69% of capacity and the Water Bank remains below about 250,000 acre‑feet. “On the water available to the city we have about 50,000 acre‑feet,” Ritchie said, adding that the Sierra Nevada snowpack is “well below where it was last year” and that the outlook will remain dry without a late‑season snow event.
Ritchie told commissioners the commission will continue its 10% conservation goal for the fiscal year — a demand cap the utility is translating into a working limit of about 209,000,000 gallons per day — and will soon launch a…
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