The Upper Tuolumne River Ecosystem Program: May 2012

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Pacific Northwest Watershed Managers group tour

From April 30 to May 4, 2012, the SFPUC hosted the Pacific Northwest Watershed Managers (PNWM) group on a tour of the SFPUC water system, from the San Francisco Peninsula to Hetch Hetchy. The group consists of watershed managers from the six largest unfiltered municipal water supply systems along the Pacific coast of North America, and was created to facilitate the exchange of information about programs, policies, and best management practices. Materials discussed during the tour are available for viewing and download below.

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Tour handouts and presentations
Alameda Creek tour itinerary
Alameda Creek handouts (several SFPUC presenters)
Tuolumne River tour itinerary
Tuolumne River handouts (Bill Sears, SFPUC)
Hetch Hetchy Project operations overview (Adam Mazurkiewicz, SFPUC)
Upper Tuolumne River Ecosystem Project overview (Bill Sears, SFPUC)
Alameda Creek historical ecology overview (Robin Grossinger, Bronwen Stanford, SFEI)

About the Program

The Tuolumne River is located on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada in central California. With headwaters in Yosemite National Park, the Tuolumne flows westward 150 miles to its confluence with the San Joaquin River in California's Central Valley.

The Upper Tuolumne River Ecosystem Program (UTREP) is a collaborative, long-term, science-based river management program led by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC).

The UTREP monitors river ecosystem conditions and develops recommendations for river management downstream of Hetch Hetchy Project facilities to support broad river ecosystem values, while maintaining water supply reliability for 2.6 million San Francisco Bay Area customers and providing clean hydropower for San Francisco municipal facilities.

Scientific collaborators include Yosemite National Park, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Stanislaus National Forest, consultants, researchers, and academics.

STATUS: UTREP efforts are currently focused on technical review and revision of the O'Shaughnessy Dam Instream Flow Management Plan and routine annual monitoring.