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SFPUC endorses $6.93 billion Sewer System Improvement Program and authorizes Phase 1 planning
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted to endorse revised goals and validate a $6.933 billion Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP), authorizing Phase 1 planning and development at a proposed cost of about $2.7 billion. Commissioners and staff emphasized phased implementation, pilot green projects, and outreach to impacted neighborhoods.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on Aug. 28 voted to endorse the goals and validate the Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP), a $6.933 billion, multi-decade plan to repair and upgrade the city’s sewer and biosolids infrastructure and to invest in green stormwater projects.
Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing Phase 1 planning and development — a package of high-priority work including replacement biosolids digesters, early green-infrastructure pilots and treatment-plant reliability upgrades — at an estimated Phase 1 cost of about $2.7 billion. After staff presentations and public comment, the commission moved and passed the resolution by voice vote; the meeting record notes “the resolution carries.”
The SSIP workshop presented by staff laid out recommended treatment and collection projects, phasing, and rate impacts. Karen Kubik, SSIP director, asked the…
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