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SFPUC flags water‑supply implications of Plan Bay Area 2040; East Palo Alto set to receive permanent 1 MGD reassignment
Summary
SFPUC staff told commissioners Plan Bay Area 2040 projections could push in‑city retail demand toward ~85 MGD and the agency will submit comments to the Planning Department; separately, Mountain View was poised to consider a permanent transfer of 1,000,000 gpd to East Palo Alto for a $5 million one‑time payment.
Steve Ritchie, Assistant General Manager for Water, briefed the Commission on Plan Bay Area 2040 and its potential implications for urban water management. Ritchie explained that Plan Bay Area is a regional land‑use and transportation plan prepared by ABAG and MTC and that SFPUC uses local planning projections for its urban water management plan. He reviewed historical in‑city retail demand figures cited in prior urban water management plans and said that when combining city projections with groundwater and recycled‑water projects, the SFPUC's planning numbers approach roughly 85 million gallons per day.
Ritchie told…
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