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Resident urges SFPUC to reconsider detention tank at Folsom and 17th after repeated sewer flooding
Summary
A San Francisco resident asked the Public Utilities Commission to reconsider a proposed sewer overflow/detention tank at Folsom and 17th streets, saying existing barriers and backflow devices have failed and that buildings repeatedly flood with sewer water; staff said the tank is currently off the table while a comprehensive study is prepared.
Mary Ann Robertson, a resident, told the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission that repeated sewer and stormwater flooding at the corner of Folsom and Seventeenth streets has caused sanitary sewage to back up into buildings and onto streets and urged the agency to reconsider placing a detention/overflow tank at that site. "The solutions that have been put forward ... are not functioning," Robertson said, describing…
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