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E: February 12, 2026
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ommissioner Joshua Arce, President
Commissioner Stephen E. Leveroni, Vice President
Commissioner Avni Jamdar
Commissioner Kate H. Stacy
Commissioner Meghan Thurlow
FR
OM: Dennis J. Herrera, General Manager
SUBJ
ECT: Water System Improvement Program
Quarterly Report (2nd Quarter / FY 2025-2026)
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losed please find the Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) Quarterly Report for the 2nd Quarter (Q2) of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026. The primary intent of the report is to provide the Commission, stakeholders, and the public with a status summary of the Water System Improvement Program based on data for the period of October 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
This quarterly report provides a summary update on the Regional WSIP projects. The Local WSIP was completed in June 2020.
Quarterly Report Format Changes
In response to the U. S. Department of Justice’s requirement that all public documents be digitally accessible to individuals with disabilities by April 24, 2026, staff implemented the following format revisions to the WSIP Quarterly Reports, beginning with the Q2 FY2025 -2026 report:
• Removed pie charts, schedule and cost bar charts, and photographs, and replaced with text and tables.
• Removed the Level of Service Goal table previously included in the Appendix; summary information remains available in the body of the report.
These c
hanges ensure the report complies with emerging Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility requirements for published documents. Note that all data previously published remains in this reformatted report.
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Published: February 12, 2026
QUARTERLY REPORT
Regional Projects
Q2 FY 2025 | 2026
October 2025 — December 2025
Rebuilding Today for a Better Tomorrow
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1 Program Description | WSIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Water System Improvement Program (WSIP)
Quarterly Report
Quarter 2, Fiscal Year October 2025 - December 2025
Program Description
The Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) is a $4.8 billion, multi-year capital program to upgrade the City of San Francisco’s regional and local drinking water systems. The program will deliver improvements that enhance the City’s ability to provide reliable, affordable, high quality drinking water to its 26 wholesale customers and regional retail customers in Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo Counties, and to 800,000 retail customers in San Francisco, in an environmentally sustainable manner.
The WSIP is structured to cost-effectively meet water quality requirements, improve seismic and delivery reliability, and achieve water supply goals.
Built in the early to mid-1900s, the water system has many components nearing the end of their working life, with crucial facilities crossing, or in close proximity to, three major earthquake faults. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) initiated the WSIP to repair, replace, and seismically upgrade the system’s deteriorating pipelines, tunnels, dams, reservoirs, pump stations, storage tanks, and treatment facilities.
The program consists of 35 local projects located within San Francisco and 52 regional projects spread over seven different counties from the Sierra foothills to San Francisco. Local projects only benefit San Francisco residents whereas regional projects benefit both City residents and the 26 wholesale agencies that receive water from the SFPUC. The management of regional projects is divided into 6 regions – San Joaquin, Sunol Valley, Bay Division, Peninsula, San Francisco Regional, and Support Projects.
The WSIP is funded through the issuance of revenue bonds. Local Measures A and E, which were approved by San Francisco voters in November 2002, allowed for the financing of improvements to the City’s water system using revenue bonds and/or other forms of revenue financing. Increases in the water rates of retail and wholesale customers are used to pay back the debt service on the bonds.
The program budget and schedule were originally adopted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on March 1, 2003. The program at the time was referred to as the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The scope of the CIP was changed significantly following the adoption of Level of Service (LOS) goals in early 2005. The program changes were so substantial that the program was renamed the WSIP and a new program budget and schedule were adopted on November 29, 2005.
Since the scope of the 2005 Revised WSIP is in general representative of the program that is in the end stage of being implemented today, the 2005 budget and schedule are considered the “Baseline Budget and Schedule.”
Subsequently, the WSIP Baseline Budget and Schedule were revised in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024, and these revisions were approved by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on February 26, 2008, July 28, 2009, July 12, 2011, April 23, 2013, April 22, 2014, December 8, 2015, April 26, 2016, February 14, 2017, April 10, 2018, April 14, 2020, April 26, 2022, and April 9, 2024, respectively.
2 Program Description | WSIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Program Revision Commission Approval Budget Project Finish Date 2003 (Original) March 1, 2003 $3,628M 03/15/16
2005 (Baseline) November 29, 2005 $4,343M 06/30/14
2007 (Revised) February 26, 2008 $4,392M 12/18/14
2009 (Revised) July 28, 2009 $4,586M 12/04/15
2011 (Revised) July 12, 2011 $4,586M 07/29/16
2013 (Revised) April 23, 2013 $4,640M 04/11/19
2014 (Revised) April 22, 2014 $4,765M 05/24/19
2015 (Revised) December 8, 2015 $4,765M 05/24/19
2016 (Revised) April 26, 2016 $4,845M 12/20/19
2017 (Revised) February 14, 2017 $4,845M 12/20/19
2018 (Revised) April 10, 2018 $4,788M 12/30/21
2020 (Revised) April 14, 2020 $4,788M 05/05/23
2022 (Revised) April 26, 2022 $4,788M 02/01/27
2024 (Revised) April 9, 2024 $4,793M 06/30/32
3 Program Status | WSIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Program Status
This quarterly report provides a summary update on the regional projects in the Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) for the 2nd Quarter (Q2) of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026. The primary intent of the report is to provide the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”), stakeholders, and the public with a status summary of the program’s regional projects for the period of October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.
This quarterly report incorporates program and project changes from the March 2024 Revised WSIP, which was approved by the Commission on April 9, 2024 by Resolution No. 24-0089.
Program Current Status
Table A shows the number of WSIP Regional projects and the total approved value in each phase of program based on Current Approved Budget as of December 31, 2025. “Not Applicable” category is for one project that does not include construction: Long Term Mitigation Endowment. Program Management costs are included in project budgets.
Table A. Status of WSIP Regional Projects (as of December 31, 2025)
Project Phase No. of
Projects
Percent by No. of
Projects
Total Project
Value
Percent by
Project Value
Planning 1 2% $51M 1%
Design 0 0% $0M 0%
Bid & Award 0 0% $0M 0%
Construction 1 2% $164M 4%
Close-Out 1 2% $96M 3%
Completed 48 92% $3,485M 92%
Not Applicable 1 2% $12M 0%
Total 52 100% $3,808M 100%
Forty-one (41) out of forty-three (43) Regional WSIP projects with specific Level of Service (LOS) goals have achieved their LOS goals to date.
Tables B and C provide an overall program-level cost and schedule summary of the WSIP Regional Program. The total Current Approved WSIP Budget (including Regional and Local Programs, Local Water Supply Projects, and Financing Costs) and the Current Forecasted Cost at completion are each $4,792.8 million. The Current Approved WSIP Budget and Forecasted Cost at completion for only the Regional Program (including construction contingency) are each $3,808.1 million.
4 Program Status | WSIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Table B. Program Cost Summary
Cost
Categories
Expenditures
To Date
Current
Approved
Budget
Forecasted
Costs
Cost
Variance =
(Current
Approved
Budget –
Forecasted
Costs)
Variance
Over
Reporting
Period =
(Previous
Report –
Current
Forecasted
Costs)
Regional
Program
$3,750.0M $3,808.1M $3,808.1M None None
Local
Improvement
Projects
$331.9M $331.9M $331.9M None None
Local Water
Supply
Projects
$231.4M $280.9M $280.9M None None
Finance $372.0M $372.0M $372.0M None None
PROGRAM
TOTAL
$4,685.2M $4,792.8M $4,792.8M None None
The Current Approved and Forecasted Schedule completion for the Regional WSIP (Local WSIP was completed in June 2020) is June 2032.
Table C. Program Schedule Summary
Category
Current
Approved Start
Actual
Start
Current
Approved Finish
Current
Forecasted Finish
Schedule
Variance
(Months)
Regional
Program
03/31/03 03/01/03 06/30/32 06/30/32 None
Local
Program
(Excluding
Local Water
Supply
projects.)
03/31/03 03/01/03 06/03/20 06/03/20 Actual Completed
Overall
WSIP
03/31/03 03/01/03 06/30/32 06/30/32 None
As of the end of the reporting period, the forecasted total program cost (regional and local projects) is $4,792.8M, which is the same as the current Commission Approved Budget. All approved change orders (COs) in active construction contracts total $0.9M, and the forecasted remaining construction contingency is $0.59M. Director’s Reserve for the program includes $12.9M.
5 Program Status | WSIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Progress Towards Meeting Level of Service (LOS) Goals
The scope of the WSIP is based on the following Level of Service (LOS) goals for the Regional Water System: Seismic Reliability, Delivery Reliability, Water Quality Reliability, and Water Supply Reliability.
Each project that reaches construction substantial completion contributes to increasing the overall reliability of the system and achieving progress towards meeting the overall LOS goals for the system.
Forty-one (41) of the forty-three (43) Regional WSIP projects with specific LOS goals have achieved their LOS goals to date. The remaining Regional projects with LOS goals are:
1) Regional Groundwater Storage and Recovery project: Contract WD-2878A Cathodic Protection and Other Additional Work (Phase 2A), and Contract WD-2878B SSF Main Well (Phase 2B), have achieved 96% and 21%, respectively, Construction Progress Toward LOS Goals. 2) Alameda Creek Recapture project has not started construction and thus has 0% Construction Progress Toward LOS Goals.
The other nine (9) of the fifty-two (52) Regional WSIP projects do not have specific LOS goals. The WSIP team remains committed to achieving the overall LOS goals established for the system.
6 Project Status Report | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Project Status Report
10015281 - Alameda Creek Recapture Project
Approved Budget: $48.97M Approved Completion Date: 06/30/32 Forecast Cost: $48.97M Forecast Completion Date: 06/30/32 Cost Variance: None Schedule Variance: None
Expenditures to Date $36.97M Expenditures Over the
Reporting Period:
($0.32M)
Current Phase: Planning Environmental Status: Active (Various)
Progress and Status:
This project includes multiple construction contracts: (A) WD-2825R Alameda Creek Recapture (terminated); (B) Alameda Creek Recapture Phase 2 (planning phase). For Contract A, closeout is complete. For Contract B, work continued on developing fixed-shore alternatives for a new pump station at Pond F3. The alternatives were pared down to three potential facilities at two possible locations. Scoring criteria for the alternatives analysis was prepared and life-cycle cost analysis of the alternatives was started.
Issues and Challenges:
As reported last quarter, the budget will be re-evaluated when a new project alternative has been selected.
7 Project Status Report | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
10015241 - Regional Groundwater Storage and Recovery
Approved Budget: $158.35M Approved Completion Date: 12/07/27 Forecast Cost: $158.35M Forecast Completion Date: 12/07/27 Cost Variance: None Schedule Variance: None
Expenditures to Date $139.50M Expenditures Over the
Reporting Period:
$0.87M
Current Phase: Construction Environmental Status: Completed (Various)
Progress and Status:
This project includes multiple construction contracts: (A) WD-2600 Test Well Drilling (completed); (B) Phase 1 WD-2668 Well Station (13 wells; construction completed); (C) Phase 2A WD-2878A Cathodic Protection and Other Additional Work; construction completed; and (D) Phase 2B WD- 2878B – SSF Main Well. For Phase 1 (Contract B), conversion of as-built drawings to computer- aided design by City staff continued. For Phase 2A (Contract C), the contractor reinstalled a transmission line flow meter, which was damaged, for the Colma BART Well Site. The project team is continuing to coordinate with a testing company to verify the accuracy of the reinstalled flow meter and continuing to close out the contract. For the Phase 2B (Contract D), the contractor continued with site work, including trenching and placement of electrical service conduits, coordinating with PG&E, and pouring miscellaneous concrete foundations.
Issues and Challenges:
None at this time.
8 Project Status Report | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
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9 Appendices | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Appendices Water System Improvement
Program (WSIP) Quarterly Report
Quarter 2, Fiscal Year October 2025 - December 2025
A. PROJECT PHASE, APPROVED BUDGET, AND
FORECAST COMPLETION DATES
B. LIST OF ACRONYMS
10 Appendices | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Appendix A. Project Phase, Approved Budget, and Forecast Completion Dates
Project Project Phase Approved
Budget
Forecast
Completion Dates
RW‐SJ San Joaquin Region
CUW36401 Lawrence Livermore Water
Quality Improvement
Complete $4,198,247.38 07/31/13 Actual
CUW37301 San Joaquin Pipeline System Complete $203,177,750.13 03/31/16 Actual CUW37302 Rehabilitation of Existing San
Joaquin Pipelines
Complete $21,168,797.08 10/31/14 Actual
CUW38401 Tesla Treatment Facility Complete $113,225,330.53 01/30/15 Actual CUW38701 Tesla Portal Disinfection
Station
Deferred $2,081,277.63 06/29/07 Actual
CUWSJI0101 WSIP Closeout ‐ San
Joaquin
Complete $2,015,907.80 03/31/21 Actual
RW‐SV Sunol Valley Region
CUW35201 Alameda Creek Recapture
Project
Planning $48,967,394.56 06/30/32
CUW35501 Standby Power Facilities ‐
Various Locations
Complete $12,950,565.74 12/22/10 Actual
CUW35901 New Irvington Tunnel Complete $339,945,522.94 03/31/18 Actual CUW35902 Alameda Siphon #4 Complete $64,730,537.94 06/28/13 Actual CUW37001 Pipeline Repair & Readiness
Improvements
Complete $5,178,466.13 04/16/09 Actual
CUW37401 Calaveras Dam Replacement Complete $794,059,378.86 03/31/22 Actual CUW37402 Calaveras Reservoir
Upgrades
Complete $1,690,552.40 07/28/06 Actual
CUW37403 San Antonio Backup Pipeline Complete $53,562,178.04 06/30/16 Actual CUW38101 SVWTP Expansion & Treated
Water Reservoir
Complete $129,593,674.08 10/31/14 Actual
CUW38102 SVWTP Calaveras Road Deferred $34,654.15 12/14/07 Actual CUW38201 SVWTP Treated Water
Reservoir
Deferred $5,056,595.57 03/02/07 Actual
CUW38601 San Antonio Pump Station
Upgrade
Complete $12,886,140.43 06/29/12 Actual
CUWSVI0101 WSIP Closeout ‐ Sunol
Valley
Complete $5,558,384.67 12/31/22 Actual
RW‐BD Bay Division Region
CUW35301 BDPL Nos. 3 & 4
Crossover/Isolation Valves
Complete $27,045,625.92 07/31/09 Actual
CUW35302 Seismic Upgrade of BDPL
Nos. 3 & 4
Complete $70,524,332.31 07/30/18 Actual
CUW36301 SCADA System ‐ Phase II Complete $9,473,038.96 05/28/13 Actual CUW36801 BDPL Reliability Upgrade /
Tunnel
Complete $272,364,089.37 08/30/16 Actual
CUW36802 BDPL Reliability Upgrade ‐
Pipeline
Complete $216,795,625.11 03/31/16 Actual
11 Appendices | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Appendix A. Project Phase, Approved Budget, and Forecast Completion Dates (Cont.)
Project Project Phase Approved
Budget
Forecast
Completion Dates
CUW36803 BDPL Reliability Upgrade ‐
Relocation of BDPL Nos. 1 & 2
Complete $3,046,980.62 05/28/10 Actual
CUW38001 BDPL Nos. 3 & 4 Crossovers Complete $29,913,049.16 06/30/14 Actual CUW38901 SFPUC/EBMUD Intertie Complete $9,167,305.97 03/20/14 Actual CUW39301 BDPL No. 4 Condition
Assessment PCCP Sections
Complete $1,937,599.43 02/06/09 Actual
CUWBDP0101 WSIP Closeout ‐ Bay
Division
Complete $3,322,156.03 03/31/21 Actual
RW‐PN Peninsula Region
CUW35401 Lower Crystal Springs Dam
Improvements
Complete $34,860,071.88 12/28/12 Actual
CUW35601 New Crystal Springs Bypass
Tunnel
Complete $81,435,609.73 08/17/12 Actual
CUW35701 Adit Leak Repair ‐ Crystal
Springs/Calaveras
Complete $2,787,322.29 07/31/08 Actual
CUW36101 Pulgas Balancing ‐
Inlet/Outlet Work
Complete $1,765,938.44 05/11/06 Actual
CUW36102 Pulgas Balancing ‐ Discharge
Channel Modifications
Complete $2,910,007.00 07/30/10 Actual
CUW36103 Pulgas Balancing ‐ Structural
Rehabilitation and Roof Replacement
Complete $20,227,447.13 12/28/12 Actual
CUW36104 Pulgas Balancing ‐ Laguna
Creek Sedimentation
Deferred $505,126.92 12/31/07 Actual
CUW36105 Pulgas Balancing ‐
Modifications of the Existing
Dechloramination Facillity
Complete $5,391,353.43 03/20/13 Actual
CUW36501 Cross Connection Controls Complete $3,948,726.89 04/30/09 Actual CUW36601 HTWTP Short‐Term
Improvements (Demo Filters)
Complete $3,067,903.44 11/14/06 Actual
CUW36602 HTWTP Short ‐Term
Improvements ‐ Remaining Filters
Deferred $1,424,510.34 02/22/08 Actual
CUW36603 HTWTP Short‐Term
Improvements ‐ Coagulation &
Flocculation/ Remaining Filters
Complete $18,604,937.13 07/28/10 Actual
CUW36701 HTWTP Long‐Term
Improvements
Complete $273,894,601.92 12/30/16 Actual
CUW36702 Peninsula Pipelines Seismic
Upgrade
Complete $38,779,772.41 07/06/16 Actual
CUW36901 Capuchino Valve Lot
Improvements
Complete $2,803,153.43 08/19/08 Actual
CUW37101 Crystal Springs/San Andreas
Transmission Upgrade
Complete $189,649,573.32 06/30/15 Actual
CUW37801 Crystal Springs Pipeline No. 2
Replacement
Complete $56,070,509.12 12/31/14 Actual
CUW37901 San Andreas Pipeline No. 3
Installation
Complete $27,519,715.96 08/30/12 Actual
12 Appendices | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Appendix A. Project Phase, Approved Budget, and Forecast Completion Dates (Cont.)
Project Project Phase Approved
Budget
Forecast
Completion Dates
CUW39101 Baden and San Pedro Valve
Lots Improvements
Complete $24,993,478.00 03/29/13 Actual
CUWPWI0101 WSIP Closeout ‐
Peninsula
Complete $13,560,085.73 12/30/21 Actual
RW‐Reg San Francisco Regional Region
CUW30103 Regional Groundwater
Storage and Recovery
Construction $158,350,433.06 12/07/27
CUW35801 Sunset Reservoir ‐ North
Basin
Complete $64,270,725.16 09/10/10 Actual
CUW37201 University Mound Reservoir ‐
North Basin
Complete $43,266,311.62 03/29/13 Actual
RW‐SW Support Projects
CUW36302 System Security Upgrades Complete $14,397,894.00 04/19/19 Actual CUW38801 Programmatic EIR Complete $10,734,567.27 06/30/09 Actual CUW38802 Bioregional Habitat
Restoration
Closeout $93,341,983.01 12/30/27
CUW38803 Vegetation Restoration of
WSIP Construction Sites
Complete $2,111,545.75 06/30/16 Actual
CUW38804 Long term Mitigation
Endowment
Not Applicable $12,000,000.00 12/24/26
CUW39201 Program Management Project Not Applicable $121,642,047.50 06/30/32 CUW39401 Watershed and
Environmental Improvement Program
Complete $20,079,149.69 06/30/22 Actual
13 Appendices | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
Appendix B. List of Acronyms
BART Bay Area Rapid Transit
BDPL Bay Division Pipeline
CIP Capital Improvement Program
CO Change Order
EBMUD East Bay Municipal Utility District
EIR Environmental Impact Report
FY Fiscal Year
HTWTP Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant
LOS Levels of Service
PCCP Pre-stressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe
PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric Company
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SFPUC San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
SSF South San Francisco
SVWTP Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant
WSIP Water System Improvement Program
14 Appendices | WWE-CIP Quarterly Report | Q2-FY2025-2026 (10/01/25–12/31/25)
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