Water alert canceled for residents in S. San Francisco neighborhood.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KTVU/BCN) – Update: On Saturday, California Water Service cancelled the precautionary do-not-drink advisory for the Sunset Gardens residents in South San Francisco.
The service says the follow-up test results confirmed the water quality was not impacted by the breach at the utility’s facility on Friday morning.
California Water Service issued an alert Friday evening, saying there was a breach of a storage tank that serves the area.
At the property, police found that the outside of a Cal Water tank had been vandalized with spray paint, police said.
Sometime overnight, vandals climbed a 25-foot tank on Hillside Blvd.
"It’s a very heavy screen, and it would take four big men to move it.
Police told the water service the tags are gang-related; they’ve seen them before.
It serves about 100,000 water customers on the Peninsula.
For more information, call Cal Water’s Customer Center at 650-558-7800 or watch this page for updates.