conducted by a labor union, we're also getting a lot of e-mails about this as well and i'm curious if the puc has been aware of this effort and what you think needs to be done on your end to kind of counteract the mez saj that is are coming out against clean power sf. >> yes, commissioner, we're definitely aware of the mailers, and e-mail communications, in part because your lafco staff is helpful in making sure that folks at the puc see the information, if it hasn't landed on our doorsteps, we get it from jason which is good. you know, our objective is to inform, provide accurate information to our customers, our potential customers, so that's what our customer notification and education program is focused on. we don't want anyone being surprised by becoming our customers, we want them to understand what the service offering is that we're providing. i expect that in order to do that effectively, we will be answering people's questions that arise from receiving this mailer and then hearing from us about our program and saying, you know, how do you reconcile these two different messages and we

i feel like jason fried does his best as an army of one but the puc has to be the one that has the eyes and ears with so much staff and resources than i think jason has and i think for him to be relied on to know what's going on and to give it to you to me doesn't make that much sense. i just reviewed the website for the so-called san francisco shell shock and i think they framed it early on and it's going to be hard to raise awareness to counter that, and i'm hoping that we're looking carefully with our partners. i know w*ef f we've received hundreds of supporters with limited resources as well, but i don't think pr the puc staff you're giving me an understanding that you know what we're up against but i know you know what we're up against and i'll say that even in accept, we were getting non-profit letters from senior organizations, housing groups saying they had concerns about clean power sf, so ms. fox to say you're thinking about what cvo's to think about, we should have been doing this months ago, our offices are getting e-mails proand cons, there's e-mails coming with a similar m

if the puc owned that building and we could make that the icon i can sustainable building puc representsuldn't be a dramatic idea? >> so, one of the major decisions we made was we wanted to make a statement with this building. we wanted this building to be a lead platinum building which is very few buildings in san francisco that achieved this mark. >> leadership and energy environmental design, it takes a look at the way we think about the places where we live and work. i like to think of it as designed for human and environmental health. lead addresses five categories that enhances environment. indoor air quality, energy, water, materials and resources, and sustainable sites are the five categories for the lead. you can go for several gold or platinum certifications. >> the city wanted to be silver lead status. . maybe gold was a stretch. and people said, if we're going to be a sustainable organization that the pucs this has got to be the top of the line. it's got to be a lead platinum building. what does that mean to us? we run water, power, and sewer. so, those are some of the bigges

i think some of the things we've been focused on at the puc is i think the city and the puc in particular had a strong track regard around energy efficiency and renewable generation projects particularly on public cities and for example, have done energy efficiency work at the african american center, supervisor breed, so we want to continue to get as many dollars possible to continue that work. er >> there was a few, a couple of years ago, we had approved the sunset reservoir solar system and i think that we were talking about after maybe 7 years if the city could have the option of purchasing that site and running it ourselves, i think that could be a really good eligible use for any funds that we have, to have our own power system, we can help to ramp up. >> that's a great recommendation, thank you, and then as you know, puc is in the beginning phases of its sewer system improvement program and are trying to integrate some of the innovative technology resource recovery and the waste water process, so some ideas around that, and then i think one thing we were really pleased about is tha

we have a number of different ways to get information from the puc through twitter and facebook and oursite sf water.org. >> people should not drink water from pools or spas or other source he. they could use that water to flush their toilets if the water was off, if the sewers are not broken and working. let's take a look at a toilet and talk about those issues. >> sounds good. so, sanitation is another issue that -- and something people don't usually or like to think about, but it's the reality that in very likely, without water, you can't flush. and the sewer system could be impeded or affected during an earthquake. so, you need to think about how you're going to deal with sanitation. the options are fairly simple. we recommend a set up if you're able to stay in your building or your house to make sure that you have heavy duty trash bags available. you can set this up within your existing toilet bowl. and once it's used, you take a little bit of our bleach which we talked about earlier from the water. you seal the bag completely, make sure you mark the bag as human waste and set it a

spur urban center on mission street in san francisco and i am joined today by maryellen carol from the puc is going to talk to us about water and sewer issues which are major issues after an earthquake. >> absolutely. >> so, what are the things we should be concerned about about water? we have no water. >> so, you want to be prepared for that scenario. and the recommendation is to have stored one gallon per person per day that you would be out of water. we recommend that you have at least three to five days stored for each person and also keep into consideration storage needs for your pets and think about the size of your pets and how much water they consume. >> we have this storage which is using tap water. >> yes. >> so, of course at the puc we recommend that you store our wonderful delicious hetch hetchy tap water. it's free. comes out of the tap and you can store it in any plastic container really, clean plastic container, for up to six months. so, find a container, fill it with water, label it, and rotate it out. i use it to water my garden. >> and then, of course, everyone has plasti