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United States Department of the Interior: Investigate San Francisco's use of water from Yosemite
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    1. United States Department of the Interior (Secretary Salazar)
  2. Created By
    Mike Marshall
    San Francisco, CA
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For almost 100 years San Francisco has used the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park as a storage tank for Tuolumne River water. The 1913 law allowing them to do so is called the Raker Act and it specifically requires that San Francisco exhaust all local water supplies prior to using Tuolumne River Water. In fact, San Francisco has done the opposite: it has mostly abandoned groundwater use and does not recycle a drop of water. Comparatively, 20% of tap water in Orange County CA is recycled water. The Department of Interior should investigate and if they find SF in violation of the Raker Act order them to build up their local sustainable water supplies and decrease use of water from Yosemite.

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Investigate San Francisco's use of water from Yosemite

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I just signed the following petition addressed to: Secretary Salazar, United States Department of the Interior.

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Investigate San Francisco's use of water from Yosemite

For almost 100 years San Francisco has used the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park as a storage tank for Tuolumne River water. The 1913 law allowing them to do so is called the Raker Act and it specifically requires that San Francisco exhaust all local water supplies prior to using Tuolumne River Water. In fact, San Francisco has done the opposite: it has mostly abandoned groundwater use and does not recycle a drop of water. Comparatively, 20% of tap water in Orange County CA is recycled water. The Department of Interior should investigate and if they find SF in violation of the Raker Act order them to build up their local sustainable water supplies and decrease use of water from Yosemite.
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