SF News The Flavor Of SF's Tap Water Will Be Changing, Slightly We've been lulled into thinking this past year that San Francisco's precious, Sierra Nevada-borne water supply at Hetch Hetchy was under no threat of depleting despite the dought-related suffering that's happening all across
SF News How the Public Utilities Commission Is Planning To Get You Drinkable Water After An Earthquake I'm sure you've heard that your earthquake kit is supposed to have three days worth of drinking water in it. But in case you haven't been able to pull that together, or if
SF News Bryant Street Closed After Water Main Break Floods Road In the second such incident this week, a water main has broken and is flooding a stretch of Bryant Street Thursday morning. According to San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spokesperson Amy Sinclair, the
SF News 8-Inch Water Main Breaks, Flooding Sunnyside Street Crews are working to repair a water main break in San Francisco this afternoon, fire and SFPUC officials said. According to SF Fire Department spokesperson Mindy Talmadge, fire crews responded to a report
SF News Video: Saving Water Gets A Sexy New Campaign Since the Bay Area seems to be doing a terrible job of conserving water during this 100-year drought we're in right now, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has sponsored a series
SF News Does San Francisco Even Know There Is A Drought? According to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Franciscans have done little to change their water habits in the face of a record-setting drought affecting all of California. It's almost like San
SF News Reservoir Algae Bloom Causes Foul Tasting, Smelling Tap Water Break out a new Brita filter, folks. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has received several complaints about the taste and odor of their tap water. It seems, according to SFPUC, an algae bloom
SF News Aging Sewer Line Collapses in the Richmond, Causes Tiny Sinkhole Out in the avenues, a 100-year-old sewer line beneath 15th Ave. collapsed before 9 a.m. on Sunday morning, opening up a sinkhole large enough to swallow a lost softball or small pet.
SF News Woman Killed By SFPUC Vehicle A woman, 63-year-old Xiu Fang Huang, died Tuesday afternoon after being stuck and killed by a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission vehicle. She was crossing the street at Ocean and Miramar when she
SF News Cloudy Water Not a Concern, Says SF Public Utilities Commission Water customers in San Francisco, the East Bay, South Bay, and the Peninsula might notice something funky looking with heir tap water. It might look a wee bit cloudy. But relax. According to
SF News Anti-Bottled Water Education Campaign Unveils "Tap Water Refilling Locations" for SF In an effort to get people to use the (delicious!) Hetch Hetchy tap water and reduce the amount of plastic water bottle waste, the San Francisco Department of the Environment (SFE) and San
SF News 'I Love SF Water' Video Contest Winner Announced This past July, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission announced their 'I Love SF Water' video contest. The winner? Alexis van Gelder for her first place video titled Shower Your Garden, which features
SF News Enter SFPUC's "I Love SF Water Video Contest" Do you remember the first time you tasted the water in the Bay Area? We do. It was inside a dorm hall at UC Berkeley many, many moons ago. After drinking vile tap
SF News Leal Voted Out As SFPUC Chief, Receives $400K Without providing an answer for firing San Francisco Public Utilities Commission chief Susan Leal, the SFPUC officially sacked her this morning after a nine-minute closed door City Hall meeting. As part of her
