In the Bayview this past spring, as huge concrete biosolids digesters began to rise on the Southeast Treatment Plant (SEP) site, Senior Project Manager Carolyn Chiu took a moment to reflect on the progress. Chiu is the Senior Project Manager on the SFPUC’s Biosolids Digesters Facilities Project (BDFP), the SFPUC’s largest infrastructure project under the Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP). With Chiu’s leadership, the BDFP began as an idea and is now well underway to replace the aging digester facilities at the SEP with new, expanded, reliable, and modern solids treatment facilities.

Project Pull is a summer internship program that hosts San Francisco Bay Area youth. The program provides opportunities in partnership with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and other public service sectors, giving a vast amount of different experiences interns can take away from the program. Interns are placed in various City departments, ranging from Engineering to Communications to Health Inspection. This class of interns was chosen from a pool of hundreds of applicants. Three interns recounted their experiences, including two returners and one first-year intern. Micah

San Francisco residents can help by adopting a rain garden and becoming a Rain Guardian. By doing so, you are pledging to keep an adopted rain garden free of trash and debris. The SFPUC Rain Guardians Program is one part of a city-wide effort to ensure San Francisco is as resilient and sustainable as possible in the face of intensifying storms. The City is working to meet its goal to manage one billion gallons of stormwater annually using Green Infrastructure by 2050.

The City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Giants are teaming up this baseball- and drought- season to spread awareness of the importance of using less water outdoors this summer. Water use historically increases during hot summer months when water agencies are struggling to stretch their water supplies. Starting July 29 through the end of the season, the new, multilingual campaign encourages fans to do their part in reducing water consumption.

The Southeast Family Health Center, a new 22,000-square foot full-service neighborhood clinic, run by the Department of Public Health, had its ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 14. The Family Health Center is an expansion of the existing Southeast Health Center site at 2401 Keith Street. Mayor London Breed, Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, SFPUC Commissioner and former Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, and other City officials were in attendance to officially open its doors. Located in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, the Southeast Family Health Center provides accessible

Donovan Gomez is changing how summer internships are experienced. He does this through having a genuine interest in his intern’s life paths and exploring how he can maximize their summer in the program. “It's very important to give back to the next generation and help others along the way in their career path,” explains Gomez. Since 2018, Gomez has been the Social Media Coordinator and Videographer at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). In 2015, he earned an internship with the SFPUC, and under his mentor Ryan Iwata, Gomez developed social media and digital marketing skills