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Audit committee hears SFPUC27s EFWS annual report; item continued for six-month follow-up
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee received the SFPUC27s first annual Emergency Firefighting Water System (EFWS) report, heard updates on recent fires, capital projects and drills, and continued the item to the call of the chair with a follow-up hearing in about six months; the motion passed 3-0.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors27 Government Audit and Oversight Committee on July 2 received the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission27s first annual Emergency Firefighting Water System (EFWS) report and agreed to continue the item to the call of the chair, scheduling a follow-up hearing in roughly six months to review progress on key studies and planned work.
Chair Marr opened the remote hearing by stressing urgency around EFWS expansion, saying the aim is "to make sure that when our city burns as it has and will again we have water to put out the fire." Presenters from the SFPUC and the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning said the FY2019-20 EFWS annual report was submitted to the Board on June 30.
John Scarpulla, Manager of Policy and Government Affairs for the SFPUC, described the EFWS as a high-pressure water system whose primary supply is the Hetch Hetchy regional water system, with seawater available via two seawater pump stations as a secondary source. He said ownership transferred to the SFPUC in 2010 and that the Management Oversight Committee (the SFFD…
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