San Francisco Cleans Up India Basin Waterfront Brownfield Site as Part of Greenspace Development Effort

The San Francisco Parks Alliance, San Francisco Department of the Environment, and San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department received EPA Brownfield grants to clean up a former boatyard and revitalized the bayside property into a public park and greenspace. They also conducted a study to assess the property’s vulnerability to sea-level rise. This study prioritized soil excavation as the preferred site cleanup method. This would reduce the risk of remobilizing soil contaminants due to sea-level rise, erosion or flooding compared to other cleanup methods. To account for sea-level rise, they also implemented green infrastructure projects and soft shorelines at the park site.