OneWaterSF Learning Lab: Zoo Exhibit
The Oceanside Treatment Plant, located on the westside of the City, operates beneath and adjacent to the San Francisco Zoo. This geography
presents a unique opportunity for the SPFUC to share resource recovery opportunities and contribute toward meeting the City’s climate change
goals. This OneWaterSF Initiative would create a public exhibit for visitors centered around resource use and recovery, while simultaneously
lowering operational costs for the Zoo. Green waste and animal manure produced at the Zoo would be treated and converted into a biosolids-
based compost that could be used to grow animal feed on an on-site farm. The farm would use recycled water produced at the Oceanside Plant
to irrigate the crops, and recovered heat from the wastewater treatment process would be used to warm a small plant nursery. In addition to
promoting OneWaterSF principles, the project would help contribute to the success of San Francisco’s 0-50-100 ROOTS climate change goals.
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