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Half of San Francisco in danger of losing water

Posted by: Maven on November 24, 2009 at 6:34 am

San Francisco aerial #3 Mar 2009From the San Francisco Examiner:

“SAN FRANCISCO — Water officials are rushing to repair a massive pipe to ensure the eastern half of The City will continue to have clean water.

With one of the two pipes that carry drinking water into an out-of-service reservoir, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which handles water distribution, is rushing to make the repairs, lest anything damage the second pipe.

Joints between steel pipes laid in recent decades inside a tunnel 40 feet underground were found to be corroded late last month after leaking water flooded Tioga Avenue in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood.

The corroded, 36-inch pipe, called Crystal Springs 1, is one of two built to carry Hetch Hetchy Valley snowmelt north from the Crystal Springs Reservoir on the Peninsula into the University Mound Reservoir in San Francisco. The water is then stored and distributed to the eastern half of The City, including downtown. … “

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November 24, 2009 · Filed Under Bay Area

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