Water Resources Division Annual Report FY 2016-2017 | Page 7

Local Water Supplies
RECYCLED WATER PROGRAM
Water is too precious of a resource to use just once. Using recycled water
for non-drinking purposes such as landscape irrigation, toilet flushing,
street cleaning and cooling helps preserve drinking water supplies from
the Regional Water System.
Recycled water deliveries to Harding Park, Fleming Golf Courses and Sharp
Park Golf Course began in 2012 and 2014, respectively. Together, the two
projects offset the use of approximately 0.3 mgd to meet irrigation demand.
On the west side of San Francisco, the SFPUC plans to use recycled water
to save approximately 2 mgd of drinking water that is currently used
for non-drinking purposes such as irrigation and lake-fill. The Westside
Advanced Treated Recycled Water Project includes construction of a new
recycled water treatment facility within the Oceanside Treatment Plant,
along with storage reservoirs, pump stations and pipelines to deliver
recycled water. The water produced by this project will be used primarily
to irrigate Golden Gate Park, the Presidio and Lincoln Park Golf Course.
Potential future use could include the San  Francisco Zoo and additional
landscaped areas.
Environmental review and design have been completed; the project
Environmental Impact Report was certified by the Planning Commission and
approved by the SFPUC’s Commission in September 2015. Construction is
underway, with the goal of delivering recycled water to customers in early
2021. This project will receive loan and grant funds totaling $186 million from
the State Water Resources Control Board’s Clean Water State Revolving
Fund, which will save money for our ratepayers. For more information
about the Recycled Water Program, visit sfwater.org/recycledwater.
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