(a) It shall be City policy to increase the availability of clean, free drinking water in public areas. City departments shall take all reasonable and appropriate steps to promote and facilitate achievement of the goals and policies of this Chapter, including helping Event sponsors and other City departments to meet the requirements of this Chapter.
(b) The SFPUC, in consultation with the Department of Public Health and other appropriate City departments, shall investigate standards and procedures for allowing Event sponsors to access additional City-controlled or -operated water supplies. The SFPUC shall report its findings and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors by July 1, 2014.
(c) The SFPUC, in consultation with appropriate City departments, shall investigate installing backflow preventers and related plumbing equipment on existing potable water systems, to facilitate public access to such potable water in the park sites most frequently used for special events. The SFPUC shall report its findings and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors by July 1, 2014.
(d) It shall be City policy that any City department undertaking a capital improvement in a park, plaza, playground, or other public space shall install bottle-filling stations, drinking fountains, and or potable water hook-ups for public use, if the department finds that the installation is proximate and feasible with the scale and scope of the capital improvement.
(e) It shall be City policy to encourage the inclusion of bottle-filling stations or drinking fountains for public use in Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces as defined in Planning Code Section 135(a), as amended.