The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is a public agency of the City and County of San Francisco that provides water, wastewater, and electric power services to the City and an additional 1.6 million customers within three San Francisco Bay Area counties. Since its creation in February 2005, the SFPUC Power Enterprise Division has supplied power to many City facilities including Muni, San Francisco International Airport as well as the Modesto and Turlock Irrigation districts.
The SFPUC manages a complex water supply system consisting of reservoirs, tunnels, pipelines and treatment facilities and is the third largest municipal utility agency in California. The SFPUC provides fresh water from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir to 2.4 million customers for residential, commercial and industrial uses. Near one-third of its delivered water is sent to customers within San Francisco, while the remaining two-thirds is sent to Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. Aside from delivering water, it also has the responsibility to treat wastewater before returning it into the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
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