S.F. supe wants new large buildings to recycle, use less water
By J.D. Morris
As California struggles with an intensifying drought, new San Francisco legislation would seek to make large buildings consume less water after they’re occupied.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would expand the types of buildings subject to city requirements for treating and reusing wastewater, lowering the threshold from 250,0000 square feet to 100,000 square feet or more.
Starting Jan. 1, the ordinance would also make new large commercial developments treat more types of wastewater and make new large residential developments reuse the wastewater they would already be required to collect for additional purposes.