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EBMUD considers customer surcharge to curb water usage
EBMUD is considering a customer surcharge to encourage water conservation as the region faces relentless drought.Read More
State board considers widespread emergency water restrictions
California water regulators have proposed new emergency drought regulations that would prohibit a wide range of wasteful water behaviors for the entire state. On Tuesday, the State Water Resources...Read More
Thirty years after the Tunnel Fire: In many ways, Oakland Hills are more vulnerable today
Thirty years after the Tunnel Fire: In many ways, the Oakland Hills are more vulnerable today than they were when 25 people died on Oct. 20, 1991Read More
Alamo water main break impacts nearly 200 customers
The East Bay Municipal Utility District is reporting a water main break Friday in Alamo that is affecting nearly 200 customers and impacting traffic on a main thoroughfare. EBMUD...Read More
EBMUD considers 8 percent water rate hike over two years
The East Bay Municipal Utility District is holding a public hearing Tuesday on a proposed 8 percent rate increase for tap water and wastewater over the next two years....Read More
EBMUD seeks public input ahead of five-year water supply plan update
The East Bay Municipal Utility District is asking for public input from residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties for an update of its water supply plan, which is...Read More
Raw sewage pollutes Oakland Estuary after wastewater plant fails in power outage
Boaters are being warned to stay away from the Oakland Estuary on Saturday, after an estimated 50,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled during a power outage Friday night at...Read More
EPA issues fines for untreated sewage in Bay
Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Albany and two municipal districts in the East Bay have been fined almost $400,000 for allowing untreated sewage to enter the Bay, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...Read More
Oakland hills landslide cuts water service
A landslide in the Oakland hills has left 23 homes without water service, a spokeswoman for the East Bay Municipal Utility District said today. Water agency spokeswoman Nelsy Rodriguez...Read More
Buster Posey outed as East Bay water waster
Popular athletes as well as an exercise industry leader and a rock star are part of a who's who of water wasters identified Thursday.Read More
Alamo, Danville water wasters top East Bay list
The East Bay Municipal Utility District released today nearly 1,100 names of customers who in a two-month billing cycle used more than 1,000 gallons of water.Read More
Baseball big shot among biggest water wasters
A's Executive Vice President Billy Beane had the third-highest total of water use in the East Bay at 5,996 gallons per day.Read More
East Bay water users face draft surcharge
The average household that uses 246 gallons of water a day will see its bill increase by $11.65 a month.Read More
Water main ruptures after East Bay quake
A water main ruptured in Walnut Creek Sunday afternoon, spewing water into an intersection roughly four miles from the epicenter of an earthquake in Concord.Read More
EBMUD to seek strict water restrictions
The East Bay Municipal Utility District board of directors will hear a recommendation from district staff to declare a stage four critical drought at the board’s meeting on Tuesday....Read More
Workers clear cement from contaminated creek
Crews continued cleaning up a small Oakland creek Monday into which contractors accidentally dumped about 12 truckloads of cement.Read More
Crew accidentally dumps cement into Glen Echo Creek
Workers retiring an underground water pipeline in Oakland accidentally dumped 120-170 cubic yards of cement into a nearby creek Wednesday morning, an East Bay Municipal Utility District spokeswoman said...Read More
Feeble Sierra snow signals deepening drought
At one location 90 miles east of Sacramento, snow pack was measured at just 12 percent of average.Read More