Two of the measures are coming before voters now because of the city's failure to maintain the aqueduct. The third stems from political objections to the use of Hetch Hetchy hydropower as a ...

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More than a year after San Francisco voters approved $1.6 billion in bonds to upgrade the Hetch Hetchy water delivery system, Mayor Willie Brown broke ground on the first of 77 renovation projects ...

Hetch Hetchy opponents will use provisions of federal ... from the Cherry and Eleanor reservoirs into the San Francisco aqueduct and the construction of a diversion point for San Francisco along ...

Search to the rescue: [ Pulgas water temple ] Reveals that this is stone temple-shaped building that commemorates the completion (in 1934) of the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct. A ha! Here's a connection ...

The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct has also become a source of hydroelectric power that would also need to be replaced, he said, adding that the SFPUC had spent the last eight years modernizing it.

That includes Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite National Park, which will likely reach capacity if we get more storms this winter. Visitors might still need chains to get down Evergreen Road this time of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A plan to rebuild the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct to better protect against earthquakes and terror attacks won unanimous approval from the city utility ...

But for those looking to escape the crowds and discover a lesser-known landscape of waterfalls, granite cliffs and alpine lakes, there's another destination worth the detour: Hetch Hetchy.