The SFPUC’s mission for managing the Peninsula Watershed is "to provide the best environment for the production, collection, and storage of the highest quality water for the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) and suburban customers." The SFPUC seeks to accomplish this by "developing, implementing, and monitoring a resource management program which addresses all watershed activities." The watershed management program will "apply best management practices for the protection of water and natural resources and their conservation, enhancement, restoration, and maintenance while balancing financial costs and benefits" (SFPUC 1993).
The California Surface Water Treatment Regulations requires that all surface water purveyors of drinking water conduct a watershed sanitary survey of their systems by January 1, 1996 and update it every five years thereafter. This watershed sanitary survey update was conducted to fulfill these State requirements for the SFPUC’s local watersheds. Read more
This Environmental Impact Report analyzes the physical environmental effects of the Peninsula Watershed Management Plan developed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. The Management Plan is comprised of goals, policies, and actions that are designed to guide SFPUC management of the Peninsula Watershed lands.
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Over 130 years ago the predecessor of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's (SFPUC), Spring Valley Water Works, had a vision of protected watershed lands that would provide a pure and reliable water supply for the developing economy of San Francisco. In the last half of the 19th century, Spring Valley Water Works began purchasing the watershed lands that are now managed by the SFPUC. They first acquired the 23,000-acre San Francisco Peninsula Watershed and then the 40,000-acre Alameda Creek Watershed in the East Bay. Today, these two watersheds remain largely protected and continue to serve their primary purpose-to collect and store a reliable supply of high quality water for the homes and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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