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  2. Lake Chabot Regional Park - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Lafayette Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Camanche Dam - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. East Bay Municipal Utility District - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Camanche Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Camanche Reservoir is an artificial lake in the San Joaquin Valley in California in the United States, at the juncture of Amador, Calaveras, and San Joaquin counties. Its waters are impounded by Camanche Dam, which was completed in 1963. Camanche Reservoir is a source of water for industrial and municipal purposes and also provides flood control.

  7. Mokelumne Aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. List of dams and reservoirs in California - Wikipedia

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    Reservoir Dam River County Owner Completed Type Height of dam [a] Reservoir capacity (ft) (m) (acre ft) (1,000 m 3) ; Almaden Reservoir: Almaden Dam: Alamitos Creek

  9. East Bay Regional Park District - Wikipedia

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    The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is a special district operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area. It maintains and operates a system of regional parks which is the largest urban regional park district in the United States.