New SFPUC Water Division Campus
Overview
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is starting construction on a new base of operations for its San Francisco Water Division. Located at the intersection of Cesar Chavez Street and Evans Avenue, the SFPUC and its contractor will demolish the existing buildings and construct a new campus with essential facilities for the operations of the SF Water Division. These include an administration building, warehouse, industrial shops and a parking structure. It will be LEED certified with solar arrays that will produce 900 kilowatts of renewable energy to meet the campus’s power needs. The interior courtyard will feature a rainwater garden to capture and divert stormwater.
The seismically resilient facilities will ensure the city is able to provide critical water services for San Francisco residents and for the San Francisco Fire Department during major events and enable Water Division teams to more effectively respond to emergencies such as water main breaks.
Rendering of new office structure
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Project Background
The San Francisco Water Division has more than 300 employees. They operate and maintain water distribution, supply, and storage facilities in San Francisco, including Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island. They also operate the Emergency Firefighting Water System as well as the recycled water facilities at Harding Park and our groundwater supply system. Water Division crews respond to water main breaks any time of day. They report to every large fire to ensure crews have sufficient water for firefighting. Water Division teams manufacture, repair, and store the equipment needed to maintain these systems from their base of operations.
The San Francisco Water Division moved into their current campus on Newcomb Avenue in 1963. The buildings and facilities at the existing campus are functionally outdated, not in compliance with current building codes, and do not meet standards for safety, accessibility, or environmental requirements. The campus requires full replacement. This project will replace the existing campus in its entirety with the construction of a new campus at 2000 Marin.
Photo of existing outdated campus
After demolishing the existing buildings and structures at the site, the contractor will construct:
- Administration Building
- Warehouse
- Industrial shops:
- Auto
- Machine and Fabrication
- Meter
- Carpentry
- Electrical
- Landscaping
- Parking Structure
Artist's rendering of new campus at 2000 Marin
Employee walkway enabling safe passage between offices and machine shops
Schematic of new site bounded by Cesar Chavez Street, Evans Avenue, and Marin Street
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Progress Photos
Site clearing in March 2025
Our contractor used material from demolished buildings to create aggregate for future use at the site.
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