News Tagged: "San Francisco Examiner"

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 [...]

State: local water lead-free – Levels unaffected by chloramine, tests indicate

By Justin Nyberg | Staff Writer
Published on Friday, December 3, 2004
REDWOOD CITY — Lead levels in local drinking water have apparently not been effected by use of a new disinfectant, despite suspicions that the chemical may have been behind a recent lead scare in a major East Coast water system, according to state tests obtained [...]

Supes question effects of chloramine

By Justin Nyberg | Staff Writer
Published on Friday, December 3, 2004
Concerns about the potential health effects of chloramine in local drinking water has prompted two county supervisors to seek the opinion of the state’s top medical advisory panel.
Board of Supervisors President Mark Church and Supervisor Rich Gordon will present a resolution to the full [...]