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Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2012
Environment
Protecting Our Environment Protects
Our Water Supply and our natural
resources for future generations.
Water is our lifeline, so it is essential to invest in the
maintenance, preservation and restoration of our
watershed ecosystems. Our investments conserve
over 1.7 million acres in the Peninsula, Alameda
County, and the Upper Tuolumne region. The protection
of these vital assets helps us maintain the high quality
of our drinking water and avoid costly filtration of our
source water. Our watersheds protect endangered and
native species while providing greater water reliability
for our customers.
Water can also be a destructive force when not
properly managed. The SFPUC’s Sewer System
Improvement Program will help address the problem
of harmful pollutants from stormwater runoff taxing the
San Francisco combined sewer system during heavy
rain storms. To further manage stormwater, our Green
Infrastructure projects help capture and slow down
the water before it enters and damages our system,
while simultaneously beautifying neighborhoods with
green public spaces.
In addition to m anaging stormwater, we safeguard
our precious water supplies from climate change,
drought and natural disaster by conserving our pure
Hetch Hetchy drinking water and developing alternative
local water supplies to meet our needs. We ask that
you, our customers, support these efforts by conserving
water and investing in rainwater harvesting or graywater
systems at your home or business. Our combined
efforts today will allow us to reliably serve you and
the coming generations.
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