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Maps and Resources

From 2009 to 2010, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) funded the design and installation of five rainwater harvesting systems in elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District. Each project installed a tank to capture rainwater, removed paved surfaces from the schoolyard to make room for a garden and let rainwater soak into the ground, and used native and edible plants to be irrigated by the on-site rainwater harvesting system. The projects achieve multiple goals: they raise watershed awareness, green the city’s public schools, and keep stormwater out of San Francisco’s combined sewer system.

To help schools use rainwater harvesting systems as educational tools, the SFPUC partnered with the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance and funded a Watershed Stewardship Curriculum. The lessons pertain to watershed awareness, green stormwater management, pollution awareness and prevention, and water conservation. All schools in San Francisco that replace schoolyard asphalt with permeable garden space and harvest rainwater for irrigation will find these lessons useful in connecting students to their watersheds. Lessons in this binder can be adapted for kindergarten through 6th grade, and beyond.

Download the curriculum and put it to work in your school!

Creek & Watershed Map of San Francisco

The SFPUC and partnered with the Oakland museum to develop a map of the historic ecology and modern infrastructure of San Francisco. To obtain a free copy, send an email and your mailing address to Rachel Kraai at rkraai@sfwater.org.

To read more about the map see the Oakland Museum’s Website at: http://www.museumca.org/creeks/MapSFr.html
Maps of the Eastern Basins

pdf attachment Channel Basin - pages 1-5 (2212 KB)
pdf attachment Channel Basin - pages 6-10 (2401 KB)
pdf attachment Islais Creek Basin - pages 1-5 (2189 KB)
pdf attachment Islais Creek Basin - pages 6-10 (2256 KB)
pdf attachment Yosemite Basin - pages 1-5 (1830 KB)
pdf attachment Yosemite Basin - pages 6-10 (1519 KB)
pdf attachment Sunnydale Basin - pages 1-5 (1498 KB)
pdf attachment Sunnydale Basin - pages 6-10 (1188 KB)
pdf attachment Development Trends (269 KB)

January 2009 LID Technical Training Handouts

The SFPUC and Port hosted a technical training on bioretention and pervious paving. Here are the materials from the training.

pdf attachment SF - Low Impact Design
Day 1 Presentation (46.4 MB)

pdf attachment SF - Low Impact Design Day
2 Presentation (14.2 MB)

Rainwater Harvesting Resources

pdf attachment Creek Daylighting Resources
pdf attachment Rainwater Harvesting PowerPoint Presentation
pdf attachment Single Rain Barrel System Installation Manual
pdf attachment Multi-Rain barrel System Installation Manual
pdf attachment Rainwater Harvesting Fact Sheet
pdf attachment Rainwater Harvesting FAQ



Vegetation Palette Resource

pdf attachment 
CNPS LID Native Plant List for San Francisco

VIDEO CLIP 

  • Reduce Runoff: Slow It Down, Spread It Out, Soak It
  • HANDBOOKS

    pdf attachment Water Sensitive Strategies for Mission
    Residents and Business Owners

     








     
     
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