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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by daniellarusso on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:36PM (#25561131)
As long as people are getting water, nothing is wrong?

The city is losing 7 million gallons per day in leaks (this also includes firefighting).

Are there alot of fires daily?

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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by jeffbee on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:39PM (#25561172)
So it delivers 97% of the product to the user. Seems pretty good. What is your standard? According to the EPA the typical water system loses 16% to leaks, that means SFPUC is well above the typical system performance.

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-04/documents...

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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by daniellarusso on Monday December 28, 2020 @01:19PM (#25561552)
Where are you getting 3% loss number from?

It seems to be over 10% is lost, based on the numbers in your prior comment.

As long as most places are leaking more, it is ok? Infrastructure relativism?

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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by jeffbee on Monday December 28, 2020 @01:30PM (#25561696)
The amount of water SFPUC delivers to residential customers in SF is a small portion of the whole system, which serves a large area outside the city.
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