SFPUC 2001 Alameda Watershed Management Plan

CHAPTER ISUMMARYA. MANAGEMENT PLAN DESCRIPTIONThe mission of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is to serve San Franciscoand its Bay Area customers with reliable, high quality, and affordable water and wastewatertreatment while maximizing benefits from power operations and responsibly managing theresources—human, physical, and natural—entrusted to its care. The 36,000 acre AlamedaWatershed (Watershed) encompasses two reservoirs that store water from the Sierra Nevadamountains and local runoff and includes water transmission facilities that are part of a system thatdelivers water to about 2.4 million customers in the Bay Area. The Watershed is managed toprimarily protect the quality of this water and existing land uses on the Watershed includegrazing, recreation, mining, utilities, and landscape nurseries. The SFPUC has developed amission statement to guide management of the Watershed. This mission statement includes thefollowing:! to provide the best environment for the production, collection, and storage of the highestquality water for the City and County of San Francisco and suburban customers;! to develop, implement, and monitor a resource management program which addresses allWatershed activities; and! to apply best management practices for the protection of water and natural resources andtheir conservation, enhancement, restoration, and maintenance while balancing financialcosts and benefits.In response to this mission statement, and because existing SFPUC policies do not address themanagement of Watershed lands in a comprehensive or integrated manner, the AlamedaWatershed Management Plan (Management Plan) has been prepared. 1The purpose of the Management Plan is to provide a policy framework for the SFPUC to makeconsistent decisions about the activities, practices, and procedures that are appropriate on theWatershed lands. To aid the SFPUC in their decision-making, the Management Plan provides a1 The Draft Alameda Watershed Management Plan is available for review at the following locations: The MainBranch of the San Francisco Public Library at 100 Larkin Street (Civic Center) in San Francisco, California; thePleasanton Public Library at 400 Old Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton; the Main Branch of the San Mateo Public Libraryat 55 West Third Avenue, San Mateo; and San Francisco Planning Department, 1660 Mission Street, San Francisco,California. In addition, a copy of the Draft Alameda Watershed Management Plan is posted on the LRMS webpage at www.ci.sf.ca.us/puc/lrms or available for purchase from BPS Reprographic Services at the followinglocations: 149 Second Street, San Francisco, California, (415) 495-8700; and 2182 Rheem Drive, Pleasanton,California, (925) 426-3170.NOP 96.223E: Alameda Watershed Management Plan I-1 ESA / 930385January 2001