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In 1909, the Peoples' Water Company, the precursor to the East Bay Municipal Utility District purchased the land for watershed protection. Since 1966 the University of California has maintained a 283-acre (1.15 km 2 ) parcel of land in the Briones Hills , known as the Russell Reservation, as a research center.
The Lafayette Reservoir is an open-cut human-made terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). Completed in 1933, it was intended solely as a standby water supply for EBMUD customers. [a] EBMUD opened the reservoir for public recreation in 1966. [3]
In 1923, EBMUD was founded due to the rapid population growth and severe drought in the area. The district constructed Pardee Dam (finished in 1929) on the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada, and a large steel pipe Mokelumne Aqueduct to transport the water from Pardee Reservoir across the Central Valley to the San Pablo Reservoir located in the hills of the East Bay region.
The dam and reservoir's water are part of the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) water system. [1] The 315-acre lake currently serves as emergency water supply to the East Bay, and swimming is never allowed. [3] [1] However, fishing and boating are popular activities at Lake Chabot throughout the year. [3] [1]
The Chabot-to-Garin Regional Trail (part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail) runs along the east side of the Cull Canyon reservoir.The trail then leads north through property owned by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) for 6 miles (9.7 km) to EBMUD's Chabot staging area on Redwood Road.
The East Bay Municipal District (EBMUD) was formed and approved by the electorate. [ 2 ] In 1930, the Olmsted Brothers and Ansel F. Hall created a "Report on proposed park reservations for East Bay cities, California" [ 3 ] The EBRPD was founded in 1934, [ 4 ] and acquired its first land two years later, when the East Bay Municipal Utility ...
Briones Regional Park, in the East Bay Regional Park District System, provides hiking trails for access. It also protects some of the range's California oak woodland, chaparral, and riparian habitats. Briones Reservoir, of the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), is located in the western area. It is impounded by Briones Dam on Bear Creek.
The first parkland was purchased by the East Bay Regional Park District from the East Bay Municipal Utility District on June 4, 1936. [3] The 2,162 acres purchased included land for Tilden Park (then called Upper Wildcat Canyon), Lake Temescal and Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve (then known as "Roundtop.") [4]