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Committee amends, forwards expanded non‑potable water ordinance aimed at steep potable‑water savings
Summary
Supervisors amended and recommended to the full Board an ordinance to lower the square‑foot threshold for on‑site water reuse from 250,000 to 100,000, require black‑water reuse in many commercial buildings and direct the PUC to report on expanded recycled‑water supply; labor and environmental groups urged adoption.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on Sept. 9 amended and recommended an ordinance that would expand San Francisco’s non‑potable water requirements for new construction and direct utility planning for a broader recycled‑water supply.
Introduced by Supervisor Mandelmann (presented by Jacob Bentliff), the ordinance would lower the current threshold for mandatory on‑site reuse from 250,000 gross square feet to 100,000 and require large commercial developments to treat and reuse black water (toilets and kitchen sinks) for non‑potable applications such as toilet flushing and irrigation. The measure would add…
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