Golden Gate Park uses 427 million gallons of drinkable water per year. That’s all about to change
Using drinking water to keep our parks luscious and green isn’t uncommon in San Francisco, but it’s something the city is working to change. Golden Gate Park currently uses its own groundwater wells to irrigate the park, which has water quality permitted for drinking water standards. The Panhandle uses water from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). By summer 2022, barring any delays, the water used for irrigation and lake fill would instead come from a recycled water system that’s currently under construction to replace the current watering system.
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