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East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), colloquially referred to as "East Bay Mud", is a public utility district which provides water and sewage treatment services for an area of approximately 331 square miles (860 km 2) in the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay. [1]
The aqueduct and the associated dams, pipelines, treatment plants and hydroelectric system are owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and provide over 90 percent of the water used by the agency. The aqueduct is the sole water supply for about 1.4 million people in the East Bay. [1]
The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) — a water supply and wastewater treatment utility district in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It serves Alameda County and Contra Costa County , with headquarters in Oakland .
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]
The San Pablo Reservoir is an open cut terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). It is located in the valley of San Pablo Creek, north of Orinda, California, United States, and south of El Sobrante and Richmond, east of the Berkeley Hills between San Pablo Ridge and Sobrante Ridge.
Before the East Bay Municipal Utility District built Camanche Dam, a small town called Camanche existed there in the early 1960s. During the Gold Rush, the area in today's West Calaveras south of the Mokelumne River claimed towns called Poverty Bar, Clay's Bar, Winters Bar and Limerick, the latter after the many Irish immigrants who settled ...
The impounded water forms Pardee Reservoir, the primary source of water for the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) in the San Francisco Bay Area.Like all the reservoirs in the Sierra watershed, most of the water originates from the annual snowpack in the High Sierra.
Location: San Leandro, California: Coordinates: 1]: Primary outflows: San Leandro Creek: Catchment area: 21.5 sq mi (56 km 2): Managing agency: East Bay Municipal Utility District: First flooded: 1926: Max. length: 6 mi (9.7 km): Surface area: 620 acres (250 ha): Water volume: 42,000 acre⋅ft (52,000,000 m 3) [2]: Surface elevation: 459 ft (140 m) [1]: Upper San Leandro Reservoir is an ...