Water Resources Division Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2017-18 WaterResourcesAR-FY17_18 | Page 7

RECYCLED WATER PROGRAM
Water is too precious a resource to use just once.
Using recycled water for non-drinking purposes
such as landscape irrigation, toilet flushing, street
cleaning and cooling helps preserve drinking water
supplies from the Regional Water System. We
continued to work with our partners at Harding Park,
Fleming Golf Courses and Sharp Park Golf Course to
provide recycled water for irrigation. These projects
offset the use of approximately 0.3 mgd of drinking
water to meet irrigation demands.
On the west side of San Francisco, the SFPUC plans
to use recycled water to save approximately 2 mgd
of water currently used for non‑drinking purposes
such as irrigation and lake‑fill. The Westside Enhanced
Water Recycling Project includes construction of
a new recycled water treatment facility, along with
storage reservoirs, pump stations and pipelines, to
deliver recycled water. The water produced by this
project will be used primarily to irrigate Golden Gate
Park, the Presidio and Lincoln Park Golf Course.
Potential future use could include the San Francisco
Zoo and additional landscaped areas.
Construction has been completed on almost 8
miles of recycled water pipelines. Construction is
under way on the new recycled water treatment
facility that will be located at the Oceanside Water
Pollution Control Plant, with the storage reservoirs
and pump stations to follow over the next few years.
Preliminary design of recycled water retrofits for
Golden Gate Park and Lincoln Park Golf Course was
completed in spring 2018. Recycled water deliveries
to customers are expected in early 2021. This project
will receive loan and grant funds totaling $186
million from the State Water Resources Control
Board’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which
will save $123 million for our ratepayers. For more
information about the Recycled Water Program,
visit sfwater.org/recycledwater.
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