With Bay Area residents spending more time at home as a result of shelter-in-place orders, residential customers are increasing their water usage at a time when satisfaction with the SFPUC’s water quality continues to improve significantly. Concerns about the SFPUC’s water quality decreased by 32 percent in 2019 when compared to 2018, according to the…
Category: Water Quality
How the SFPUC’s Annual Water Quality Report Shows What it Takes to Make Drinking Water Safe and Healthy
In the midst of a global health crisis, it is important that the SFPUC continues to ensure customers, businesses, and communities how safe its drinking water is. The SFPUC recently released its 2019 Water Quality Report, which details the efforts the agency has taken to ensure safe and healthy water for the 2.7 million customers…
Trust Your Tap Water: Water Quality Laboratory Staff Test, and Test, and Test Again
The drinking water served by the SFPUC is among the best in the country. During these stressful times, customers do not need to worry about their tap water. The SFPUC employs a multi-step treatment process that removes and kills viruses, including coronaviruses such as COVID-19, as well as bacteria and other pathogens. The SFPUC’s treatment…
Trust Your Tap Water: Environmental/Field Services are the Eyes and Ears of Water Quality
The drinking water served by the SFPUC is some of the best in the country. During these stressful times, customers do not need to worry about their tap water. There is no need to buy bottled water or boil tap water before use. The SFPUC employs a multi-step treatment process that removes and kills viruses,…
Trust Your Tap Water: Water Quality Engineers Ensure the SFPUC’s Water Is Safe to Drink
The drinking water served by the SFPUC is among the best in the country. During these stressful times, customers do not need to worry about their tap water. The SFPUC employs a multi-step treatment process that removes and kills viruses, including coronaviruses such as COVID-19, as well as bacteria and other pathogens. The SFPUC’s treatment…
SFPUC Staff Continue to Get the Lead Out
The water that the SFPUC delivers to customers is lead-free. There is no lead in San Francisco’s distribution lines, and all lead service lines from the distribution system were removed in the 1980s. Since then, whenever a previously unidentified lead service line is found during the course of construction or maintenance work, it is quickly…