Meet Mikey. Mikey likes
fog, food trucks and Buster Posey…Go Giants! Most of all Mikey likes the Hetch
Hetchy Regional Water System. Mikey drinks water
from the tap instead of buying bottled water.
Mikey likes to conserve water so he always turns off the faucet when he
brushes his teeth. Mikey also likes the important work being done to repair,
replace and improve the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System.
Mikey learned all about the New Irvington Tunnel - a key
project that is part of that effort -- from Project Manager David Tsztoo and
Construction Manager Dan McMaster. David and Dan have forty-two years of combined
experience building tunnels. They showed Mikey how the road headers dig the
tunnel. Mikey also saw the large diameter steel pipe that will eventually line the tunnel and carry the water he
likes so much to his home.
David and Dan have been invited to take part in a
prestigious information and technology exchange on designing and constructing
large diameter tunnels abroad. Since they are on their own time, they invited
Mikey to join them. Together they will tour
tunnel projects and tunnel equipment manufacturing facilities in France,
Switzerland, Germany and Italy. They will bring back their newly acquired knowledge to benefit
the New Irvington Tunnel Project and the Water System Improvement Program.
Follow David, Dan and Mikey @WSIPintheNews or search #MikeyLikesIt
to see all of the amazing tunnel projects they will learn about and explore over the next
couple of weeks. Mikey and the NIT team
will share pictures on our blog at www.sfwater.org/sunolvalley.
I agree with Mikey. Let's improve the water system by repairing or replacing all aging and seismically vulnerable pipelines.
ReplyDeleteAnd let's ensure the continued reliability of high quality Tuolumne River supplies but do so without storing water in an iconic valley within Yosemite National Park. Yosemite belongs to all Americans.
And yes go Giants.