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Hetch Hetchy Reclaimed: Water questions are always flowing

By Jay R. Lund and Sarah E. Null — Special To The Bee
Published 2:15 am PDT Sunday, June 26, 2005
San Francisco’s Hetch Hetchy water supply system was a marvel of engineering and public administration when constructed in the 1920s and now provides reliable, inexpensive and high-quality water to 2.4 million people in the San Francisco [...]

HETCH HETCHY RESERVOIR – To drain or not to drain – Next months key in debate on state’s epic environmental issue

Glen Martin, Chronicle Environment Writer
Monday, June 13, 2005
The debate over the proposal to breach the Sierra’s O’Shaughnessy Dam, drain the reservoir behind it and restore Hetch Hetchy
Valley to its former natural splendor is apt to intensify this summer with the release of a California Department of Water Resources study on the issue.
But preliminary [...]