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SFPUC updates: Hetch Hetchy storage steady, BOSCA flags dry‑year priorities after demand drops
Summary
At its Jan. 27, 2015 meeting the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard a drought update showing Hetch Hetchy storage near 65% and a BOSCA report that projects system demand about 20% lower than earlier forecasts, prompting a shift to dry‑year planning and water‑transfer strategies.
San Francisco — The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard a drought update and a regional planning briefing on Jan. 27 that together shifted attention from normal‑year planning to preparing for dry‑year shortages.
Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water, told commissioners Hetch Hetchy reservoir storage was about 65 percent and the City’s water bank remained down roughly 45 percent but showed some recent gains from snowmelt. Ritchie said January produced essentially no precipitation…
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