Ken Garcia
Monday, January 31, 2005
THERE ARE at least a few million good reasons why San Francisco needs to fix the aging and fragile Hetch Hetchy water system within the next decade, but the most compelling one is a simple number: 37.
That figure represents how many years it has been since city engineers were able to [...]
Ken Garcia
Monday, January 24, 2005
THERE WERE MANY dire predictions about potential waste, delays and cost overruns when San Francisco voters went to the polls two years ago to vote on fixing the aging Hetch Hetchy water system. Some people must get tired of being right.
Rebuilding the Bay Area’s most intricate water-delivery system is [...]
January 22, 2005
By Christine Morente
STAFF WRITER
Twelve San Mateo and Santa Clara county residents filed an injunction against the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to stop using chloramine or at least provide a permanent filtration system for their homes.
The group, who call themselves the Concerned Citizens Against Chloramine, filed Friday at San Francisco City Hall, seeking [...]
Tim Holt
Sunday, January 16, 2005
San Francisco, tear down that dam.
But the hometown of the Sierra Club dithers over the fate of Hetch Hetchy, the main holding tank for city water in Yosemite National Park, while a Republican governor takes the lead by default. The city’s fearless leader, Mayor Gavin Newsom, is a study [...]