Scheduled Water Main Shutdown This Monday, April 5

Due to a scheduled water main shutdown at 9am Monday, April 5, 2010, residents residing at the streets listed below may experience reduced water pressure until around 1pm.

Bowdoin & Burrows streets to Silver Avenue
Burrows & Hamilton streets to Bowdoin Street
Felton & Dartmouth streets to Bowdoin Street
Silliman & Dartmouth streets to Bowdoin Street

Water pressure should return to normal by late Monday afternoon.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Lily Madjus at 415-554-0721 or lmadjus@sfwater.org.

Construction Update #4: University Mound Reservoir-North Basin

Work Continues Inside the Reservoir

Keeping the Neighborhood Safe
Recently the University Mound Reservoir has been burglarized with SFPUC contractors and their sub-contractors construction equipment stolen. These incidents have occurred mainly on the weekends and evenings. If you see any unusual or illegal activities during non-work hours, please call the police immediately. We appreciate your assistance in keeping the neighborhood safe.

Extended Work Hours and Saturday Work Continue
To accommodate construction work, S.J. Amoroso and its subcontractors will continue to work from 7am-7pm during the week and will be working onsite on Saturdays from 8am-4pm for the next few months. Work will mainly occur inside the reservoir. However, there may be noise, traffic and parking impacts due to transport of materials to and from various points within the construction site.

The Holidays: A Time To Give Back - Your Used Cooking Oil, That Is...

Well, here is your chance to be Santa, and give your used cooking oil as a gift to the SFPUC. What's best, your gift will have a dual benefit: help keep our sewers clean, and be converted to biofuel for use in vehicles, reducing our carbon footprint.

Storm Headed Our Way...Get Prepared

With potentially heavy rain storms forecasted through the weekend, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission along with the Department of Public Works (DPW) are encouraging San Francisco residents and businesses in low-lying flood-prone areas, and those who live or work in below-grade properties, to prepare for potential flooding. Residents and businesses in flood-prone areas should position sandbags on their property and report any blocked or clogged storm drains or catch basins immediately.

DPW is providing up to 10 (filled or unfilled) sandbags to residents who show proof of residency and can be picked up at the following location:

DPW Operations Yard

2323 Cesar Chavez Blvd. (enter at Kansas and Marin Streets)

Monday-Sunday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Recycle Your Used Cooking Oil This Thanksgiving

Help us save $3.5 million a year on sewer repairs and create clean biofuel! Drop off your used Thanksgiving cooking oil and we'll turn it into biofuel to help power the MUNI buses.

Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

No Construction Work Scheduled This Weekend

There will be no construction work going on at University Mound Reservoir from Thursday, November 26 to Sunday, November 29, 2009. Work will resume on Monday, November, 30.

If you see any unusual or illegal activities during non-work hours, please call the police immediately.

Construction Work this Saturday, October 31, 2009

SJ Amoroso and its subcontractors will be working this Saturday, October 31, 2009 from 8am to 4pm. Work will mainly occur inside the reservoir, but please be aware of flagmen, construction equipment and traffic impacts when driving around the construction site.

Have a Happy Halloween everyone!

SFPUC Breaks Ground on the Seismic Upgrade of City's Second Largest Resevoir

Earlier this week, SFPUC General Manager Ed Harrington along with Commission President FX Crowley, Commissioner Anson Moran and other SFPUC personnel broke ground on the seismic retrofit of the City’s second largest reservoir, University Mound North Basin in the Portola district. The press conference was held shortly after the weeklong commemoration of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake last week.

Check out KPIX's Jeffrey Schaub's coverage of the reservoir ground breaking here.

Construction Project Update #3

Temporary Saturday Work
To accommodate construction work, S.J. Amoroso and its subcontractors will be working onsite on a temporary basis on Saturdays, starting Oct 17, 2009, for the following several months. Work will mainly occur inside the reservoir. However, there may be noise, traffic and parking impacts due to the transporting of materials to and from various points within the construction site.

What: Temporary Saturday work

Time: 8:00AM – 4:00PM

Duration: Starting October 17, 2009 and continuously for the next few months

Where: In and around the North Basin Reservoir

Impacts: Increased noise levels from offloading of construction equipment may occur. Parking and traffic impacts on University between Felton & Bacon streets.

If you see any unusual or illegal activities during non-work hours, please call the police immediately.

Monday thru Friday Work Hours Extended
Construction work hours have been extended on a temporary basis to 7AM – 7PM.

University Street Traffic Impacts

As our contractor S.J. Amoroso continues to work inside the reservoir, there will be temporary traffic impacts on University Street between Felton & Bacon streets.

With construction activities commencing at University and Felton streets to set up an access point into the North-west corner of the North Basin, parking has been limited on the small portion of the Felton (30’ feet)/University (100’ feet) street corners, but the sidewalk is still open to pedestrians. A portion of the middle of University Street (100’ feet) between Felton & Bacon streets is now also, being used by subcontractor Malcolm Drilling for construction work inside the reservoir.

For your safety, please be aware of flagmen, construction equipment and traffic impacts when driving around the construction site.

Bacon Street Now Closed to Pedestrians and Traffic until Summer 2011

This street closure allows for the project construction equipment and materials to be contained in an area within the construction site, and not on adjacent streets. Please look out for street closure and detour signs when driving around the reservoir.

Join us at University Mound Reservoir Community Open House

Please join the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and S.J. Amoroso Construction Company at the University Mound Reservoir - North Basin Seismic Upgrade Community Open House

Thursday, September 10, 2009

6pm

SFPUC Building - Yellow House

401 University Street (at Bacon street)

• Meet and greet the project team


• Get an update on the construction schedule and impacts


• Learn how the project will be built

For more information, please visit www.sfwater.org/district10, call 415-554-0721 or email Lmadjus@sfwater.org.