The SFPUC closed two of its San Mateo County public attractions on March 24, 2020 in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus. On Monday, March 16, 2020 Mayor London Breed and the San Francisco Department of Public Health issued a public health order requiring residents to remain at home with the only exception…
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Meet Bree Candiloro, SFPUC Chief Nursery Specialist
For SFPUC Chief Nursery Specialist Bree Candiloro, a typical day at the office includes assessing the health of the plants, checking the SFPUC’s nursery and facilities to ensure everything is working properly, and seasonal nursery activities. This means spring is sowing; summer and fall is seed season, and in winter, plants go out for planting….
SFPUC Crews Utilize Remote Operated Vehicle Called the Falcon to Inspect Crucial Water Tunnel
The SFPUC serves drinking water to 2.7 million Bay Area customers through hundreds of miles of pipelines and several tunnels. The SFPUC’s Water Supply and Treatment Division (WSTD) routinely inspects portions of the agency’s pipelines, in which case they isolate and drain the specific section of pipeline to work on it. With the inspection of…
Engineers and Scientists Bring STEM Activities to Classrooms in Tuolumne County
The SFPUC and its social impact partners, Stantec, Wood Group PLC, McMillen Jacobs Associates, and Black and Veatch will once again participate in Tuolumne County’s annual Engineers and Scientists in Schools Week, taking place from March 9 – 13. During the program, scientists and engineers will visit nearly 50 classrooms throughout Tuolumne County, where they…
Thriving with Nature: Meet Watershed Keeper Supervisor Sarah Lenz
When your office is literally in nature, seeing wild animals can be a daily occurrence. Sarah Lenz, watershed keeper supervisor in the Peninsula Watershed, is part of a small team of dedicated people in the SFPUC’s Natural Resources and Lands Management Division who patrol and protect the agency’s 23,000-acre watershed on the Peninsula. Lenz loves…
A Look Back in History: Stream Flows in San Mateo County
The following letter dated January 21, 1918 from the SFPUC Archives reports on Peninsula Stream Flows. Frenchmans Creek is a 4.4-mile-long stream in San Mateo County. Frenchmans Creek runs through privately owned land on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay. Though surrounded in its lower reaches by agricultural land, it supports wildlife habitat and, until…