SFist: Newsom Greenlights $2 Billion for SF Water System

travin

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:41:47 -0800

While they're at it, now here's an idea. If so many millions of cubic feet of water is moving down these pipes, fed by gravity, why aren't we generating electricity from it? I mean, like, duh.

antfaber

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:07:55 -0800

And he said he quit drinking.

manys

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:37:19 -0800

oh ho ho ho, benmullin333 you're a riot. do you work for the bay guardian by any chance? even if not, you might want to become governor before saying anything more about the raker act. it's kind of a hot button.

benmullin333

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:07:57 -0800

I thought SF Water 'leases' hetch hetchy. Doesn't SF get all the money from every system that takes water from hetch hetchy?

oskarv

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:00:28 -0800

forget it, jake. it's chinatown.

withak

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:47:17 -0800

Woo job security for civil engineers. :-)