Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi

PELOSI GETS COMMITTEE NOD FOR $7.9 MILLION IN SF WATER PROJECTS

 June 20, 2000

The House Appropriations Committee, acting Tuesday at the request of committee member Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-SF), approved $7.9 million in local water projects for the San Francisco Bay Area.

The funding was part of a $21.74 billion spending bill for energy and water projects that was approved Tuesday. The overall spending bill, however, falls nearly $1 billion short of the Clinton Administration’s FY 2001 request. Among the SF projects funded by the House committee were:

• San Francisco Harbor: $2.57 million in funding for dredging and maintenance of shipping channels in San Francisco Bay to ensure vessel passage and safety;
• San Francisco Bay Drift Removal: $2 million to eliminate floating debris and navigation hazards in the Bay and surrounding waters. The amount of debris is calculated at 1300 tons a year, due largely to heavy storms in the area.
• San Francisco Bay Delta Model: $2.38 million to provide for the annual operation of this educational model of the Bay’s water systems and its ecology.
• San Francisco Bay Underwater Navigation Hazards: $700,000 to improve navigation safety where submerged rocks and shallow shoals exist and create potential hazards to vessel travel in the Bay.
• San Francisco Bay Long Term Management Strategy: $200,000 to continue the area-wide approach to solving dredge disposal in San Francisco Bay.