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PUC receives mixed progress report on Water System Improvement Program; groundwater and Westside recycled-water projects face delays
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard a quarterly WESIP briefing on March 9, 2010 that highlighted steady construction progress overall but flagged a 14‑month delay and $11.8 million forecasted increase for the regional groundwater storage project and a four‑month, $16 million increase for the Westside recycled‑water project, largely tied to environmental‑review and scope changes.
Julie Labonte, director of the Water System Improvement Program, told the commission the program is shifting into a heavy construction phase with roughly $417 million in construction work moving to bid and award in the next months and the program approaching $1 billion in projects reaching construction. Labonte said 23 local projects are complete and construction is now the dominant program activity.
Labonte identified several project‑level risks that could affect schedule or budget. She said interagency permitting and higher‑level approvals at state and federal agencies sometimes delay final permits; local planning‑department mitigation requirements have increased since the program PEIR, and the PUC is negotiating to avoid duplicative requirements. She also flagged…
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