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Don't delay S.F. sewer fixes
The San Francisco Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner Feb 23, 2008 3:00 AM (664 days ago)SAN FRANCISCO One of the messier recent City Hall confrontations is Wednesday’s firing of Susan Leal as general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which will cost taxpayers $400,000 in severance pay. This forced departure has triggered concerns that a massive project for rebuilding The City’s crumbling sewer system could be delayed as new administrators get up to speed. Some of the 1,000 miles of brick-walled sewer tunnels beneath San Francisco streets date from the 19th century, and nearly 70 percent are more than 70 years old. Plans have been under way for years on a three-decade, multibillion-dollar effort to renovate the network of tunnels, pump stations and treatment plants that process 80 million gallons of wastewater daily.
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