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(April 19, 2009, Kelly Zito, The San Francisco Chronicle)
“We’re out there telling people to use less water, and yet a lot of the revenue we have is based on what people use,” said Gary Breaux, finance director for the East Bay Municipal Utility District, which serves 1.3 million people in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. [...]

(April 15, 2009, The San Francisco Chronicle)
Because the East Bay Municipal Utility District has urged both voluntary and mandatory conservation during the recent dry spell, the agency is delivering less water, which means lower revenues.
In an attempt to make up for the shortfall, district staffers recommend raising water rates by 7.5 percent annually for the [...]

(March 23, 2009, The Mercury News)

Citing three dry years in a row, Silicon Valley’s biggest water supplier will vote this morning on whether to call for a 15 percent mandatory summer cutback, the first water rationing in Santa Clara County in 18 years. Yet, just over the county line, Fremont residents will face no restrictions.
On [...]

(March 8, 2009, David Curran, The San Francisco Chronicle)
I experienced the Bay Area droughts of the 1970s. I vaguely recall taking navy showers and reciting, “If it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down.” And I remember the dry times of the late 1980s when I was always in short sleeves and [...]

(Feb. 15, 2009, Kelly Zito, The San Francisco Chronicle)

Is it time to stick a straw into the Pacific Ocean?
About 20 water agencies up and down the California coast seem to think so.
From Marin County to San Diego, small and large projects that turn seawater into tap water are gaining favor, propelled by events unprecedented in [...]

(Feb. 4, 2009, The Mercury News)

Customers of the East Bay’s largest water district are facing the likelihood of rate increases higher than the 4 percent forecast nearly two years ago.
The decline in housing construction and a slide in revenues due to more efficient water use among East Bay Municipal Utility District customers are some of [...]

(Jan. 19, 2009, Aguanomics)
A few months back, I blasted East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) for their badly-designed water conservation scheme. Last week, I got my water bill for the past two months, and now I see that I was too kind.
EBMUD is really NOT doing a good job at handing the water shortage.
Here [...]

(Jan. 18, 2009, WaterWired)

This brief, 6-page paper by some folks form Oakland’s East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) has some advice for water utilities about preparing for climate change.
Download OPF0109
Enjoy!

(August 30, SF Chronicle) “In the middle of the night, when most of Berkeley is sleeping, hundreds of underground objects are listening for sounds that people can’t hear.
“They haven’t been planted by terrorists, spies, FBI agents or mystics. Instead, the East Bay Municipal Utility District is installing the acoustic devices, known as “loggers,” in an [...]