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Committee continues West Side emergency firefighting water system briefing for further planning and funding work
Summary
Supervisors heard an extensive SFPUC briefing on the emergency firefighting water system (EFWS) for the West Side and continued the item to the call of the chair. The PUC described a planning‑level buildout cost of roughly $4 billion, updated per‑mile pipeline cost estimates and proposed increasing water CIP bond funding to $145 million over 10 years to get key design phases shovel‑ready ahead of 2028 bonds.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on Jan. 22 received an extended briefing from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and other city staff on funding and design for the emergency firefighting water system (EFWS) in the city's western neighborhoods and continued the hearing to the call of the chair for further work.
Katie Miller, director of water capital programs at SFPUC, summarized accomplishments to date — new cisterns, seismic pump‑station and reservoir upgrades, and some pipeline replacement — and said the PUC's planning‑level estimate for full buildout of a potable emergency firefighting water system…
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