Activists are pushing The City to bolster efforts to expand a network of high-pressure water pipes that is key to protecting the westside’s main source of fresh water.
Water from Lake Merced is being counted on as a source for fire fighting in case of an earthquake as part of an SFPUC plan. But activists are pushing The City to bolster efforts to expand a network of high-pressure water pipes that is key to protecting the westside’s main source of fresh water. Another major battle over the city’s infrastructure centers on the auxiliary network of high-pressure water pipes designed to squelch fires that pose an enormous risk following a major quake.
Westside activists warn that they’d be getting a second-rate version of the protection already enjoyed by residents of the northeast corner of San Francisco. San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar, who represents the Sunset District, has committed to pushing officials to find ways to fund the expansion of the emergency firefighting system.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that there is a 72% chance that the next earthquake of a magnitude 6.7 or greater will occur in the next 30 years. . But it’s not just for fighting fires after a natural disaster – the high-pressure pipes are tapped about 10 times a year to fight major fires. In response to the report, the Board of Supervisors declared a state of urgency and tasked The City with creating an action plan to expand the emergency firefighting water system.Unlike the city’s existing auxiliary water system — which serves a single purpose of fighting fires – the plan for the new system calls for a potable emergency firefighting water system.
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