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SFPUC reports low snowpack and asks wholesale customers to cut water use 10%
Summary
Deputy manager Ellen Levin told the commission reservoir storage is 978,698 acre‑feet (67% of maximum) with snowpack about 22% of typical May levels; staff reiterated a voluntary 10% system demand reduction and said it will reassess the request on June 15.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission received a detailed water‑supply briefing on May 13 that highlighted unusually low snowpack, current reservoir storage and an ongoing call for voluntary conservation.
Ellen Levin, Deputy Manager for the Water Enterprise (acting for the AGM for Water), reported total reservoir storage of 978,698 acre‑feet, noting 416,000 acre‑feet is directly usable for drinking water and the storage level represents about 67% of maximum capacity. She said March precipitation at Hetch Hetchy was near 87% of average for that site while the local system saw roughly 65% of average precipitation; snowpack is tracking at…
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