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Lake Merced Water Level Restoration Project

candidate project Design 9a0edec4-79ec-4b4c-8de8-c49c5df8bfd4

The Lake Merced Water Level Restoration Project is a stormwater and sewer project led by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's Engineering Management Bureau, in coordination with the City of Daly City. It centers on the Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvements, which aim to reduce storm-related flooding in the Vista Grande Watershed while restoring the natural connection to Lake Merced. The project is currently in the design phase, with work scheduled to run from November 2025 through the end of 2029. No cost figures have been published.AI-generated

Current record

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agency.owner SF PUC - Engineering Management Bureau reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“agency_name: SF PUC - Engineering Management Bureau”
contact.email ONzewi@sfwater.org reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“project_manager_email: ONzewi@sfwater.org”
contact.name Obiajulu Nzewi reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“project_manager_name: Obiajulu Nzewi”
description The City of Daly City is proposing and working in coordination with the SFPUC to implement the Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvements project to address storm related flooding in the Vista Grande Watershed Drainage Basin while providing the benefit of restoring connection to the natural watershed of Lake Merced. reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“description: The City of Daly City is proposing and working in coordination with the SFPUC to implement the Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvements project...”
location.geometry 1 geometries reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-08-27
“1 published segment geometries”
name Lake Merced Water Level Restoration Project reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“name: Lake Merced Water Level Restoration Project”
phase Design reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“project_phase: Design”
project_type Sewer and storm drains reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“facility_type: Sewer and storm drains”
schedule.end 2029-12-31 reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“end_date: 2029-12-31T00:00:00.000”
schedule.start 2025-11-01 reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“start_date: 2025-11-01T00:00:00.000”
source.project_id 34027 reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“dotmapsid: 34027”
status Active reported socrata:btxj-k9uh · retrieved 2026-07-17
“project_status: Active”
summary The Lake Merced Water Level Restoration Project is a stormwater and sewer project led by the San Francisco Public... generated llm:summarize · retrieved 2026-07-18
“generated from 12 resolved fields; input sha256-v2=2f56cf4c617bd5829f0499282fc39e11de59890b137484b5330838aa8c828846”

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Source records

Public Works coordinated projects (DotMaps) key 34027 primary · rule:dotmaps-group-by-dotmapsid dataset page ↗ · this record’s data ↗

Assertion history (latest 100, including superseded)

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location.geometry 1 geometries reported 2026-08-27 live
summary The Lake Merced Water Level Restoration Project is a stormwater and sewer project led by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's Engineering Management Bureau, in coordination with the City of Daly City. It centers on the Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvements, which aim to reduce storm-related flooding in the Vista Grande Watershed while restoring the natural connection to Lake Merced. The project is currently in the design phase, with work scheduled to run from November 2025 through the end of 2029. No cost figures have been published. generated 2026-07-18 live
location.geometry 1 geometries reported 2026-07-17 superseded
schedule.end 2029-12-31 reported 2026-07-17 live
schedule.start 2025-11-01 reported 2026-07-17 live
source.project_id 34027 reported 2026-07-17 live
contact.email ONzewi@sfwater.org reported 2026-07-17 live
contact.name Obiajulu Nzewi reported 2026-07-17 live
agency.owner SF PUC - Engineering Management Bureau reported 2026-07-17 live
project_type Sewer and storm drains reported 2026-07-17 live
phase Design reported 2026-07-17 live
status Active reported 2026-07-17 live
description The City of Daly City is proposing and working in coordination with the SFPUC to implement the Vista Grande Drainage Basin Improvements project to address storm related flooding in the Vista Grande Watershed Drainage Basin while providing the benefit of restoring connection to the natural watershed of Lake Merced. reported 2026-07-17 live
name Lake Merced Water Level Restoration Project reported 2026-07-17 live