News Tagged: "Hetch Hetchy cost"

Multibillion-dollar water project protects supply

By: John Upton
Examiner Staff Writer
12/28/09 9:15 AM PST
SAN FRANCISCO — Julie Labonte didn’t know what her high-achieving career as a water engineer held in store for her as she bounded down Mount Kilimanjaro in 2005, propelled by gravity, in the midst of a yearlong globetrot.
The Canadian-born, U.S.-trained engineer had walked away from an illustrious [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO – Hetch Hetchy project may be done early

Katia Hetter, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s rebuild and expansion of the Sierra-fed Hetch Hetchy waterworks may be completed two years ahead of schedule in 2014, but the $3.6 billion project could cost an additional $194 million to complete, according to a state-mandated report released Tuesday.
Agency deputy manager Harlan [...]

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