--- title: Water Manager Urinated in Reservoir description: The incident does not pose a public health risk, authorities say canonical: https://time.com/3702110/water-manager-urinated-in-reservoir/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-09T23:00:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:41.893Z og:title: Water Manager Caught Peeing in Reservoir That Supplies San Francisco's Drinking Water og:description: The incident does not pose a public health risk, authorities say og:url: https://time.com/3702110/water-manager-urinated-in-reservoir/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Water Manager Caught Peeing in Reservoir That Supplies San Francisco's Drinking Water twitter:description: The incident does not pose a public health risk, authorities say twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Water Manager Caught Peeing in Reservoir That Supplies San Francisco's Drinking Water  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 9, 2015 11:00 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 9, 2015 11:00 PM UTC A water manager is expected to be disciplined after the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission confirmed he urinated in a San Francisco Bay Area reservoir last month, [the Associated Press reports](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FWATER%5FMANAGER%5FURINATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT). Martin Sanchez was reportedly up for a promotion, but now he could face a suspension without pay, [according to the AP](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FWATER%5FMANAGER%5FURINATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT). The reservoir, located in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, had been drained for maintenance, and authorities say the incident does not pose a public health risk. [Twice](http://time.com/66459/portland-reservoir-pee/), Portland, Oregon, has been [forced](http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/06/21/man-urinates-in-water-city-flushes-8m-gallons/) to drain a reservoir after similar episodes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3702110/water-manager-urinated-in-reservoir/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3702110/water-manager-urinated-in-reservoir/"},"headline":"Water Manager Caught Peeing in Reservoir That Supplies San Francisco's Drinking Water","datePublished":"2015-02-09T23:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:41.893Z","description":"The incident does not pose a public health risk, authorities say","url":"https://time.com/3702110/water-manager-urinated-in-reservoir/","keywords":["Newsfeed","nation"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3702110/water-manager-urinated-in-reservoir/","name":"Water Manager Caught Peeing in Reservoir That Supplies San Francisco's Drinking Water"}}]}] ```