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Committee forwards Mission Rock recycled-water deal after questions about cost and scale
Summary
Supervisors forwarded a 30-year port agreement to buy nonpotable water from a developer-run Mission Rock Utilities plant, with BLA noting the recycled water costs roughly three times comparable PUC potable rates and the plant serves Mission Rock only rather than the larger Mission Bay area.
The Budget and Finance Committee on Feb. 1 voted to forward to the full board a 30-year water-purchase agreement between the Port of San Francisco and Mission Rock Utilities for nonpotable water to serve Mission Rock parks and open space. The agreement carries a not-to-exceed estimate of about $44.7 million.
John King, the Port’s waterfront development manager, said the agreement would let the port purchase water produced onsite by a black-water recycling plant built by the project developer. King described the project as aligned with the Port’s sustainability goals: treated onsite, the nonpotable water would supply irrigation and toilet uses in park and open-space areas and reduce…
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