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PUC launches Sewer System Master Plan work; proposes Digester Task Force and wide cost range for digesters

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission · January 27, 2009
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PUC staff presented a draft Sewer System Master Plan and proposed a Digester Task Force to work with neighbors on digester siting, design and community mitigation. Staff estimated the digester component could cost between about $700 million and $1.4 billion and said CEQA and public workshops will proceed through 2011.

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission staff outlined the draft Sewer System Master Plan on Jan. 27 and proposed establishing a Digester Task Force composed of neighborhood representatives, technical advisers and agency staff to guide siting and design of new digesters and biosolids facilities.

John Liachenault and Tommy Moala presented the plan’s purpose: a 15‑year capital improvement program to address aging sewers (average pipe age ~70 years), treatment plant upgrades, odor control, biosolids management and long‑term recycled‑water…

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