SFPUC - Annual Reports The Future Is Now | Page 11

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We operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week,
365 days a year to provide our customers with
high-quality, effi cient, and reliable water, power,
and wastewater services. We are committed to
being good neighbors to our communities and good
stewards of the resources entrusted to our care.
Every day, we engage with our neighbors to provide
timely, transparent communications and build strong
partnerships. We work together with communities
impacted by our operations by supporting local hiring,
providing job training, and creating opportunities and
access to educational and community resources.
Our Project Pull, SSIP CityWorks, and Project
Learning Grants programs provide approximately
1,300 students and early career professionals with
internships, apprenticeships, and work experience
opportunities annually. We are committed to our next
generation workforce and improving our recruitment
processes to retain the best, advancing our culture
of high performance to consistently deliver high-
quality services.
Since April 2016, College Hill Learning Garden
provided over 300 students hands-on exposure
to healthy food cultivation and sustainable living
practices. The garden
demonstrates green
infrastructure on a
microscale so tomorrow’s
environmental stewards
can learn about our system
and how to take care of it
now and in the future.
With over fi ve years of planning
with the Crocker Amazon community,
we are in the fi nals stages of transforming
underutilized land into a community farm.
The community farm will support the
health and wellness of residents while
teaching water conservation and sustainable
food practices.
Stay in touch with us by taking a
tour, subscribing to our newsletter,
or following us on social media!
Learn more at sfwater.org/explore.
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