Emergency drought regulations being tweaked for California's East Bay Municipal Utility District
3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Alameda County, CA
Contra Costa County, CA
Start Date: 4/26/2022
- End Date: 3/28/2023
East Bay Municipal Utilities District announced on March 28, 2023, that they were adjusting the emergency drought regulations as reservoirs were expected to fully refill. Penalties for excessive water use were suspended on March 29. The order for 10% mandatory conservation has become 10% voluntary water use reduction.
KTVU (San Francisco, Calif.), March 28, 2023
EBMUD remained in a stage 2 drought with a mandated 10% reduction in water use and other directives, such as watering outdoors no more than thrice weekly, no pavement washing, etc. The drought surcharge ended on March 1, 2023.
Berkeleyside (Berkeley, Calif.), March 2, 2023
East Bay Municipal Utility District declared a Stage 2 drought, meaning 10% mandatory restrictions and probably a drought surcharge for the 1.4 million customers. Excessive water use penalties may also be a possibility in the near future.
CBS San Francisco (Calif.), April 26, 2022
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