News, stories and insights from the SFPUC

New SFPUC Tap Water Stations Added to Mission, Tenderloin and Bayview Communities

For more than a decade, the SFPUC has been providing fresh, clean and free drinking water though its Drink Tap program. The COVID-19 pandemic has taught the SFPUC how critical it is to ensure safe, clean drinking water is accessible for the community. The SFPUC has always sought to bring drink tap stations to communities…

How SFPUC Strike Teams Continue to Learn and Come Together to Protect San Francisco With Each Storm

Two nights in a row this storm season, the SFPUC combed the streets throughout San Francisco to clear catch basins and areas of flooding. Several days after the storm passed, the SFPUC staff collect data and information to ensure lessons learned are applied, while they gear up for the next set of heavy rains. “It’s…

Green Infrastructure: Helping Manage Our Stormwater for the Future

The heavy rains and winds San Francisco experienced in late January marked the first significant rainfall of the year. What happens to that rain once it falls is very important, especially for the SFPUC. On average, over 10 billion gallons of rain falls in San Francisco each year. That rain falling on our roofs, sidewalks…

How Chandini Gaur Began Her First Year at the SFPUC Supporting COVID Response

Time during the COVID-19 pandemic seems to crawl and sprint simultaneously. Last week feels like last year, while the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 seems like it was yesterday. Now imagine serving as a Disaster Service Worker (DSW) in a stressful environment for seven months during the pandemic; that is a very long…

SFPUC Strike Team Responds to Stormy Weather

Stormy conditions hit San Francisco this week and the SFPUC’s Strike Team deployed two nights in a row. In part two of this series , we look at how a Stormwatch activation deploys crews while most people are sleeping to comb the city for clogged catch basins. “We were prepared for the worst, with more…

Work Set to Proceed on Mountain Tunnel Improvements Project

The SFPUC is set to begin construction work on the Mountain Tunnel Improvements Project, a multi-year effort to upgrade and rehabilitate a critical component of the SFPUC Regional Water System that serves 2.7 million customers in the Bay Area. “The water we provide our customers passes through miles of pipelines and tunnels before it reaches taps in…

News, stories and insights from the SFPUC

Innovative Earthquake Resistant Piping to be Featured at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

SFPUC’s Power Programs Work to Tackle Climate Crisis Head On

Celebrate Our Shared Home and Restore the Earth

One Year of COVID: SFPUC Continues Essential Duties Everyday

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