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SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM | Grey. Green. Clean.
THE SSIP IS
BREAKING GROU
& MAKING STRID
The Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP)
is a major component of the City of San
Francisco’s comprehensive approach to
addressing the issues of: Aging Infrastructure,
Seismic Vulnerability, Climate Change and
Stormwater Management, Water Quality, and
Responsible Resource Recovery by incorporating
new technologies to improve our communities and
quality of life. We are now several years into the
multi-billion-dollar, citywide Program, investing in a
modern, reliable, and sustainable system to protect
public health and the environment for now and
generations to come.
2018 was a year that saw internal and external
transitions - our inaugural Director retired, and
we welcomed a new client leader in Wastewater
Enterprise Assistant General Manager Greg Norby.
We saw the completion of three essential projects:
Mission & Valencia Streets Green Gateway,
Holloway Green Street, and North Point Facility
Outfall Rehabilitation. Major construction
broke ground at the Southeast Treatment Plant,
which prompted the opening of our Southeast
Construction Information Hub at 1800 Oakdale Ave.
Improvements at Oceanside Treatment Plant aren’t
quite as numerous as at SEP, but just as critical, as
the facility experienced failures within the digesters
in November that reiterates the urgent need for
improvements to our treatment facilities. While
construction in the City is booming and cost of
living as at an all-time high we were still able to
obtain the necessary rate increases, that went in
effect in July, to keep work flowing while at the
same time recognizing the burden this may place on
some of our customers we continue to pursue, and
receive, low-interest financing in the form of Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
and Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) loans.
This 2018 annual report provides a review of our
efforts and recent accomplishments, and a look
ahead to the year to come as we continue to invest
in our critical facilities, the people who build and run
them, and the communities in which they’re located.
As testament to the hard work underway and a
preview of what the future holds at SEP we created
a video with the SSIP’s leadership and staff to
hopefully get you as excited about our Program as
we are.
Major construction has broken ground
at the Southeast Treatment Plant
which prompted the opening of our
Southeast Construction Information
Hub at 1800 Oakdale Ave.