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 [...]
Denise Johnson-Kula
Sunday, October 9, 2005
On Feb. 2, 2004, with no public input and minimal notification, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission switched from chlorine to sanitize its water supplies to chloramine, a combination of chlorine and ammonia.
The introduction of chloramine has compromised our safety. Many residents, unaware of the changeover, suddenly began to experience health [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
By Edward Carpenter
Daily News Staff Writer
Independent auditors will be hired to double-check San Francisco Public Utilities Commission calculations regarding the increasing costs of the Hetch Hetchy Water System overhaul, Bay Area water officials said yesterday.
“I do have some questions,” said Art Jensen, general manager of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Suburban users call for more oversight
Katia Hetter, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
A group of suburban water users, who two years ago tried to wrestle away from San Francisco control over the regionally vital Hetch Hetchy waterworks, is again calling into question the competence of the city’s management of the system.
In a scathing three-page written [...]