that's the number of cases we're aterently dealing with the being in the mix of this i think you make information available and educate folks but, you know, in the real world in the development of san francisco i think that making it part of the code is smart because it will increase the workload of the department of health. i think - this is why is when things have to go through t a sequa process there's a handful of people who pay attention to this. in terms of codes and building permits it's every neighbors in that property. people do check argue website. it becomes much more real on the ground in the way it the sequa process is a little bit more removed. so i don't believe that will be the case that your workload will retain the same that it is part of the code. i mean, we'll see. like anything else once we get into it and make the forms available we'll see how it progresses and i hope - you know, so we don't bring a whole other level of hardship to developers and folks who are doing this and so things move smoothly >> thank you. is there any more comment on this item? do we open

interior is preparing their spending levels and the president is about to introduce ervaon authorized ater at $900 million but never fully funded and we're asking to allocate 40% of that and through the program how the money trickles down to local jurisdictions. the fund and program has invested millions of dollars and funded local projects in san francisco and mclaren park and recently a grant for the visitation green valley development project and for buena vista park and we urged congress to provide funding so that was our main legislative initiatives. two others very quickly the national recreation park association is looking for a sponsor of a park infrastructure and finance act. the act is modeled after the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation act in place since 1998 and create a program for competitive loans and credit for the construction or cost of projects. this is a great way to leverage existing public funding or private funding to fill the gap. for example we have a funding gap for the sustainable nursery project in the botanical garden in golden gate golden ga

ater, it is a great bargain. garvin: but the rates that are being charged for water are insufficient to replace existing systems and to expand existing systems. narrator: because original infrastructure investments were frequently subsidized by the federal government, water pricing was often calculated without accounting for the initial cost to build the systems. we made major investments in assets in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. and for the first 40 years of that pipe, there really may not have been many maintenance requirements. we're past that period now. narrator: water pricing based only on day-to-day operation, and not on planning for maintenance and eventual upgrades has resulted in a considerable repair and replacement backlog. allbee: on a national scale, if you looked at what we're spending now, and you looked at the additional investment requirements over the next 20 years, there's a $540 billion difference. man: so one of the greatest challenges is to reflect true value pricing. so that the citizens and

so we can see all of our reservoirs, their elevations, whether they're going up or down, ater we're getting from our two treatment plants. we try to move it very quickly through the system and serve it to our customers in the most economic and efficient manner. narrator: las vegas serves as an example for cities across the country, whether they have a limited supply or not. and many utilities can identify with the struggles that come with maintaining underground assets to support a growing population. one of the most common issues that municipalities share is water loss. melosi: because it's not a catastrophic issue, we don't think much about it. but there is a 10%, 20%, 30% water loss or leakage in some systems. allbee: already treated water that you've invested money in, you're losing before you actually delivered it. narrator: so many utilities are employing the business strategy of asset management. it's a paradigm shift in the approach of attaining a sustainable water infrastructure. man: it's not construction of new pipelines. we are talking about maintaining, sustaining the infrastru

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next on c-spans "newsmakers followed by the committee's markup of committee legislation. .ater, q&a >> on this memorial day weekend, we want to chairman the chairman of the senate veterans affairs committee, bernie sanders, independent, vermont. thank you, sir, for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> two reporters with us to help ask questions. steve vogel of "the washington post," national reporter, and politico defense reporter. >> one of the things we've heard over the last few weeks is that the veterans affairs department has missed a number of internal deadlines when it comes to cutting down backlogs of hundreds of thousands of plans. can you give us a view of what the problem looks like and what you're hearing? >> here's 30,000 view. number one, it's property to understand is that for whatever reason, and i don't want to cast aspersions, the v.a.