Restoration of San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
The San Francisco Bay area consists of nine counties, with the population of 650 million and the dimension of 19400 km2. Each county has its own land use plan. Around thirty years ago, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) was established by the residents who were concerned about the waterfront reclamation by the rate of 10 km2 every year. Based on the annual budget of four billion dollars, BCDC has been granted with the wide-ranging powers of making various political decisions as an agency, including the power to protect the existing port, the power to build recreation facilities for the citizens, and the power on the airport and on the wildlife preserve. With the budget of four billion dollars, various projects have been implemented together with the local government, and the local economy has continuously been vitalized. One example is the waterfront restoration program （Calfed Bay Delta Program） in Calfed Bay Delta area where Sacrament and San Joaquin waters flow into the San Francisco Bay. The program promotes environment restoration over more than thirty years, focusing on the fields of drinking water quality and of ecosystem conservation.
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Date: 2008.03.31 19:24
