climate KPI · annual
Innovative water projects in operation
3 projects in 2023
New projects each year testing ways to conserve and reuse water, recover resources, and diversify supply.
| Year | projects |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 |
- Strategy
- WS-2 Invest in and implement innovative programs to reduce water use and develop new water supplies.
- Direction
- Higher is better
- Source
- SFPUC Water Enterprise (Innovations Program)
- Updated
- Annually
- Provenance
- 2021 dashboard KPI (WS.2); value from the 2023 Progress Report
Actions under this strategy
- 2-1 Build upon previous atmospheric water generation pilot project completed in 2023 by implementing one or more additional energy efficient atmospheric water generation pilot projects by 2030 to test the viability of producing water for irrigation in a community garden setting.
- 2-2 Expand outreach to increase participation in SFPUC Onsite Water Reuse Grant Program, including opportunities for SFPUC customers to obtain funding for innovative resource recovery projects such as brewery process water reuse and wastewater heat recovery.
- 2-3 Expand pilot projects in environmental justice communities, as defined by the San Francisco Environmental Justice Communities Map.
- 2-4 Initiate design by 2027 to launch demonstration facilities by 2030 for purified water, with the goal of maximizing the use of greenhouse-gas-free energy produced by the Hetch Hetchy Power System for facility operations.
- 2-5 Continue to assess new water efficient technologies.