EBMUD

EBMUD considers customer surcharge to curb water usage

EBMUD is considering a customer surcharge to encourage water conservation as the region faces relentless drought.

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

Feeble Sierra snow signals deepening drought

At one location 90 miles east of Sacramento, snow pack was measured at just 12 percent of average.

9 years ago

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