he East Bay Municipal Utility District is a California public Tutility that supplies high-quality drinking water, generates renewable To manage the natural resources with which the District energy, and provides pollution prevention and wastewater treatment services that is entrusted; to provide reliable, high quality water and protect Bay. EBMUD serves many communities on wastewater services at fair and reasonable rates for the the eastern side of the . The District’s water system supplies people of the East Bay; and to preserve and protect 1.3 million customers and spans a 332-square-mile area in and the environment for future generations. Contra Costa counties, extending from –EBMUD Mission Statement Crockett in the north, southward to San Lorenzo, eastward from San Francisco Bay to Walnut Creek, and south Cherryland, Crockett, Diablo, El Sobrante, Kensington, and part of Richmond. through the San Ramon Valley. Fairview, Kensington, North Richmond, EBMUD was formed under the EBMUD’s water system serves Oleum, Rodeo, San Lorenzo and Selby. California Municipal Utility District Act, customers in 20 incorporated and 15 The wastewater service area is which permits formation of multi-purpose unincorporated communities. Places smaller, covering an 88-square-mile government agencies to provide public served include the cities and towns of area of Alameda and Contra Costa services on a regional basis. In 1923, Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Danville, counties along the Bay’s east shore, voters elected to create EBMUD to El Cerrito, Emeryville, part of Hayward, extending from Richmond in the north provide regional water service. In 1944, Hercules, Lafayette, Moraga, Oakland, to Oakland in the south. It serves voters elected to authorize EBMUD to Orinda, Piedmont, Pinole, part of Pleasant 650,000 customers. The service area provide regional wastewater treatment. Hill, Richmond, San Leandro, San Pablo, includes the cities of Alameda, Albany, EBMUD is led by a Board of Directors San Ramon, part of Walnut Creek and the Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and whose seven members are publicly unincorporated communities of Alamo, Piedmont, and the Stege Sanitary elected from wards (areas of comparable Ashland, Blackhawk, Castro Valley, District, which includes El Cerrito, size) within the water service area.

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Selby Crockett 780 EBMUD Oleum Mokelumne Aqueducts SAN PABLO Rodeo 80 BAY 4 Service Area 680 4 Pinole Hercules

El 242 Sobrante San North Pablo San Pleasant Richmond Pablo Hill Reservoir 580 Richmond 680 El Cerrito Briones Kensington Reservoir Transmission Lines Orinda Walnut Creek Water Service Area Albany 24 Lafayette Wastewater Service Area Lafayette Berkeley Reservoir 680 Water Sources 2 Alamo Emeryville Moraga

Water Use and Distribution 5 80 880 SAN FRANCISCO BAY Piedmont 13 Diablo Ta ble of 980 Danville Blackhawk Oakland Upper Renewable Energy 7 San 580 San Leandro Francisco Reservoir San Contents Water Quality 8 Alameda Ramon

Resource Management and Protection 10 Chabot Reservoir The Wastewater System 12 580 San Map not Castro 580 Leandro to Scale 880 Ashland Valley Budget, Rates and Workforce 16 San Cherryland Fairview Lorenzo Hayward Camanche Camanche Dam, ten miles downstream from Pardee on the Mokelumne, works in tandem with Pardee. It stores water to meet the Supply needs of fisheries, riparian habitat and EBMUD has a contract with the Wa t e r U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for a downstream water-rights holders, and it provides flood control. Camanche supplemental water supply because Sources during times of drought or emergency, Reservoir has a capacity of 417,120 acre-feet of water. EBMUD’s Mokelumne River supply can not EBMUD’s primary water supply is from the Mokelumne meet customer needs. That supplemental supply comes from the Sacramento River. River. Local runoff to East Bay reservoirs supplements Local/Emergency EBMUD has rights to up to 100 MGD from the Sacramento River in dry years. that supply, and Sacramento River water is available Supply When needed, the water will be conveyed Local runoff is stored in several East through the Freeport Regional Water when needed during dry years. By helping customers Bay reservoirs for treatment and Facility (shown at right), jointly owned delivery to customers and to assure by EBMUD and Sacramento County. conserve and use recycled water, EBMUD stretches emergency supplies are available (Sacramento County can draw up to locally. In a year of normal precipitation, 85 MGD year round.) EBMUD will draw existing supplies. EBMUD uses an average of 21 million water from the Freeport facility through gallons per day (MGD) of water from a pipeline east to the Folsom South Mokelumne Water Rights EBMUD local watershed runoff. In dry years, Canal and then move the supplies Central Sierra Supply has water rights for up to 325 million enough water can be lost through south to the Mokelumne aqueducts On average, 90 percent of the water gallons (997 acre-feet) daily from the evaporation to completely offset any into EBMUD’s system. used by EBMUD comes from the Mokelumne River, a total of 364,000 water gained from local runoff. EBMUD protected watershed of the Mokelumne acre-feet per year. EBMUD stores water can store up to 151,670 acre-feet of LakeLake Tahoe Tahoe 5 99 N V River. The watershed is on the western water in the East Bay reservoirs. 89 in Pardee and Camanche Reservoirs, 50 AC slope of the Sierra Nevada and collects EBMUD typically maintains a six-month both in the Mokelumne River watershed. 49 melted snow from Alpine, Amador emergency supply in local reservoirs. EBMUD Water Sources Pardee Dam collects water from and Calaveras counties. This area is Pardee Also, a local groundwater injection 578 square miles of the Mokelumne Mokelumne River Water 88 primarily national forest, EBMUD- well (Bayside) is being used to move 50 watershed in Pardee Reservoir near Transmission Roseville owned lands and other undeveloped some water into a deep underground 89 the town of Valley Springs. EBMUD is lands little affected by human activity. aquifer for storage so it can be treated Sacramento River Water licensed to store 209,950 acre-feet per Transmission 5 80 50 49 and used during droughts, adding Mokelumne Watershed The year of water supply in Pardee Reservoir. 4 another one million gallons per day Bayside Groundwater Mokelumne River drains over 627 square The reservoir has a capacity of 197,950 Davis 88 of supplemental supply. Local Reservoirs Sacramento miles of mountains and foothills above acre-feet, which is equivalent to a 505 Freeport Regional Water Facility Camanche Dam. The watershed elevation ten-month supply for EBMUD’s Mokelumne River

ranges from 235 feet at the dam to Folsom 4 1.3 million water customers. 88 Watershed South Canal 10,000 feet in the headwater region. 5 Vacaville Napa Sacramento – Pardee Reservoir

San Joaquin Delta 99 Camanche Reservoir 80 EBMUD Mokelumne River 12 680 Fish Hatchery and the Delta Vallejo 49 ts The Sacramento- Delta provides habitat for more than 55 fish uc Yosemite EB ed National Park species and 750 plant and wildlife species. It also provides water to roughly MUD qu A 4 101 26 two-thirds of California’s population, is a vital recreation resource and is critical Mokelumne to commercial fisheries, agriculture and an extensive network of infrastructure. 80 Stockton 4 Richmond 4 EBMUD’s Mokelumne Aqueducts cross 15 miles of low-lying Delta islands. 4 Between 1995 and 2012, EBMUD invested $80 million in the Delta: $39 million 24 EBMUD

in aqueduct seismic improvements, $20 million in corrosion protection for the Oakland Service Area 120 aqueducts, $20 million to support Delta reclamation districts’ efforts to 99 San Francisco 205 49 improve levees, and $1 million for other Delta improvements. More will be 580 Tracy 580 Dublin 5 invested in the coming years, including another $7 million in aqueduct Modesto 680 corrosion protection and additional funding support for levee improvements. Hayward EBMUD’s ability to sustain a healthy salmon run from the Mokelumne 880 Map not

5 to Scale River also makes it a direct stakeholder in the Delta, as the fish pass 101 through the Delta to reach the sea and, years later, return from the sea.

2 3 EBMUD works with business Water Conservation to encourage water use efficiency EBMUD’s plan for assuring adequate and awards certificates that can future water supplies relies heavily on be publicly displayed for three efficient water use by customers. years to those that implement water-efficient best practices. Wa t e r Use Conservation Planning EBMUD has sponsored conservation programs since The 27 businesses recognized in 2011-12 for water efficiency and the 1970s, and adopted its first water conservation master plan in 1994 to improvements reduced their guide a comprehensive program for water annual water demand by more education, conservation assistance and than 18.6 million gallons incentives. The plan was updated in —enough water to serve Distribution 2011. EBMUD promotes cost-effective approximately 189 households Water use has been relatively constant over forty and sustained water savings by testing for an entire year. water conservation products and focusing on those that best help customers save years despite a 29 percent increase in accounts. EBMUD water, energy and money. Recycled Water Partners Water Recycling partners with other public agencies to Water use dipped significantly during Conservation Savings Since 1995, EBMUD has used recycled water for provide recycled water throughout its Water Use water shortage emergencies (declared customers have been saving an estimated almost 40 years for industrial processes service area. Partners include the West The single-family residential customer by the Board of Directors) in calendar 28 MGD. Conservation programs ensure and irrigation at the wastewater County Wastewater District for Richmond category is the largest water user years 1976-78, 1987-94 and 2007- that EBMUD will meet requirements of treatment plant located at the foot projects, the City of San Leandro for category, followed by multi-family 2010. Water conservation and recycling, Checking water quality at the the California Water Conservation Act of the Bay Bridge in west Oakland. service in Alameda and southern residential, industrial and petroleum, plus other factors described below, Orinda Water Treatment Plant of 2009, which mandates a 20 percent Using recycled and non-potable water Oakland, and the Dublin San Ramon commercial, irrigation, and institutional have offset growth in water demand. reduction in statewide urban water use by helps stretch drinking water supplies. Services District in the San Ramon users. Historically, approximately 63 Climate’s Impact Among the many Changing land use 2020. EBMUD’s long-term water supply Valley. EBMUD also works closely with percent of EBMUD’s water has been Other Factors Recycled Use EBMUD currently factors that influence how much water patterns, changing technology for management program identifies a strategy recycled water users to help them delivered to residential customers. has the capacity to produce an the EBMUD service area uses year to water-using equipment, and changing for saving a total of 62 MGD of water manage their recycled water systems average of 9 MGD of recycled water. Demand Over Time Historical year, climate is especially significant. economics all can affect water use in through conservation initiatives by 2040. efficiently and safely. In 2012, EBMUD supplied an average water production in the EBMUD service California has a summer-dry climate the EBMUD service area. Over time Leak Detection EBMUD also has an of 5.4 MGD of recycled water to Future Recycling Plans By 2040, area is illustrated on page 4. Total and periodic droughts. Water use there have been a variety of land use aggressive leak detection program for its customers for irrigation (golf courses, EBMUD plans to recycle an additional demand has remained relatively increases when conditions are drier and changes in the service area. Legislative own water system that uses innovative parks and other landscaping) and 11 MGD within the service area, which constant despite the increase in the warmer than normal. When dry periods changes that have reduced water use technology to detect underground leaks. industrial processes. This includes the will reduce the overall need for drinking number of water service accounts. are long and/or intense, EBMUD include plumbing and appliance Finding leaks on EBMUD’s system early Richmond Advanced Recycled Expansion water in the year 2040 by six percent. imposes water use restrictions. efficiency standards, state-mandated not only saves valuable water but also facility, opened in 2010, which uses landscape ordinances, and the Federal reduces the cost of repairs and the microfiltration and reverse osmosis to Energy Policy Act. The national economic amount of customer inconvenience provide high-quality recycled water for downturn that began in 2007 also resulting from breaks. an oil refinery. How much water will we need? contributed to water use reductions EBMUD plans for water needs for the long term. EBMUD’s current long-term in EBMUD’s service area. water supply plans were adopted in 2012 and extend to 2040. The plans are based on studies that assessed EBMUD’s ability to Customer Water Accounts and Total Demand 1972–2012 meet customer water needs based on available supplies, changing Water Distribution water demand locally and statewide and how climate change can affect 495 230 EBMUD uses gravity to bring water local water supplies over the long term. Within EBMUD’s established service from the mountains to East Bay 460 210 boundaries, the studies project growth in demand at less than one percent per customers, saving energy and money. year, primarily in areas near the Bay. This future need for additional water can be The water 425 190 met through water savings from aggressive conservation and water recycling in Aqueducts and Tunnels collected from the Mokelumne watershed normal years. While conservation, recycling and in Pardee Reservoir is transported 90 390 170 system-wide rationing of up to 15 percent will miles to East Bay water treatment provide, on average, three-quarters of the 355 150 plants and reservoirs. The journey additional water needed in a multi-year begins near the town of Valley Springs drought by 2040, other demands on the 320 130 in Calaveras County at the Pardee Mokelumne River mean that EBMUD will Tunnel and continues through three 285 110 need more supplies. EBMUD is partnering large pipes, the Mokelumne Aqueducts, with other agencies and other water rights owners to which carry water 82 miles to the 1972 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2012 investigate water transfers, regional water projects and Fiscal Year Lafayette Aqueducts. other potential supply and storage alternatives. Accounts (in thousands) Average Daily Drinking Water Production (mgd) Water Shortage Emergencies The two Lafayette Aqueducts move the water to local water treatment plants

4 5 and to terminal reservoirs. Lafayette crews must work in the streets and owned and operated by a private company Aqueduct No. 1 is a seven-mile-long pipe Regional Connections at facilities located near homes and located on EBMUD lands generated from Walnut Creek to the Orinda Water and businesses. approximately 883 MWh. In 2012, the Treatment Plant. Lafayette Aqueduct for Emergencies In 2012, more than three-quarters of water system offset approximately 2 No. 2 runs seven miles from Walnut Interties link EBMUD’s water system to every rate dollar EBMUD collected for percent of its energy use in this manner, Creek to the Briones Diversion Works those of other Bay Area water agencies. water service went toward storage, Renewable and with projects that are planned that near Orinda, where supplies are either These connections will allow water treatment and delivery of water, amount will rise to 4 percent. pumped through the Briones Aqueduct agencies to move water from one day-to-day system maintenance, In 2012, the wastewater treatment into , moved into San system to another during emergencies planning for future improvements, and plant’s renewable energy generation Pablo Reservoir, or moved to the Orinda and when completing planned work on repaying bonds that were sold to pay was enough to meet 98 percent of the critical facilities. The interties connect Energy Water Treatment Plant. for long-term investments in pipes, plant’s electric demand. Since 2012, San Pablo Tunnel carries water 2.6 EBMUD’s system to those of the San reservoirs, dams and other infrastructure. the wastewater system has been a net miles from the San Pablo Reservoir to Francisco Public Utilities Commission The unit costs for infrastructure work EBMUD generates renewable energy from solar and producer of energy (see page 13). the San Pablo Water Treatment Plant, a and the city of Hayward to the west in urbanized service areas like the East Hydropower Generation. EBMUD standby plant. Upper San Leandro Tunnel and south, to the Dublin San Ramon Bay have outpaced general inflation hydropower, and cogeneration at wastewater generates hydroelectricity from the carries water just over a mile from Services District to the east and south, because of a variety of factors, such as power that is created as water falls Upper San Leandro Reservoir to the and the Contra Costa Water District to the cost of materials and supplies, the treatment facilities. from up near the top of the Pardee Upper San Leandro Water Treatment the east and north. Interties make it challenges of working in a congested and Camanche dam structures down to Plant. Sobrante Pipeline carries water easier for Bay Area agencies to respond underground environment that often Across the world, energy is one of the Power Use. Annually, approximately turbines located at the base of each dam. about two miles from San Pablo Reservoir to emergencies and keep water flowing. requires hand-digging and other biggest costs of delivering water to taps 60 percent of the energy EBMUD uses The Pardee Hydropower Powerhouse to the El Sobrante Treatment Plant. special construction provisions, and and treating wastewater. EBMUD’s is for pumping water to neighborhood (pictured below) at the base of the dam systems were built to rely as much as reservoirs for delivery to customers, Water brought the limitations on work hours that are typically generates 140 million kilowatt East Bay Reservoirs Maintaining Aging possible on gravity, and EBMUD’s 10 percent is used in the water treatment into EBMUD’s service area is either imposed by local jurisdictions on behalf hours of renewable energy annually sustainability practices minimize energy process, and 15 percent is used to move stored in one of EBMUD’s five East of local residents and businesses. during years of median runoff, enough Infrastructure use. In 2012 EBMUD generated water from reservoirs to treatment plants Bay reservoirs or immediately put EBMUD has a solid record of to meet the electric power needs of EBMUD’s oldest water system approximately 164,000 MWh of and at maintenance and administrative through a water treatment plant and infrastructure maintenance investment more than 14,000 homes. EBMUD infrastructure dates to the 1870s. renewable energy at its hydropower and facilities. The wastewater treatment distributed within the water system. and the system’s performance meets sells the power to the Sacramento Much of the system we rely on today cogeneration facilities. Total energy system uses 15 percent of the energy In total, EBMUD can store up to recommended industry standards. To Municipal Utility District (SMUD). was built in the post-World War II era used in 2012 was 128,800 MWh, of EBMUD purchases. The District 151,670 acre-feet of untreated water maintain high levels of system reliability A power plant that has operated at when the East Bay was growing rapidly. which 92,500 MWh was purchased routinely evaluates adding renewable in the East Bay reservoirs. and assure the overall least cost for the base of Camanche Dam since As infrastructure ages, it takes more and 36,300 MWh was offset by energy capabilities to its facilities to San Pablo Reservoir is the northernmost customers, detailed infrastructure 1983 typically generates 45 million work to make sure dependable water EBMUD renewable supplies. meet the goals and objectives of its of the local reservoirs. East of San Pablo master plans have been developed kilowatt hours of renewable energy supplies arrive at customer taps Because energy production and sustainability and renewable energy Reservoir is Briones, EBMUD’s largest that forecast when investments will annually, enough to meet the electric round-the-clock, every day of the year. energy use periods cannot be perfectly policies. In 2012, solar panels owned local reservoir. Lafayette Reservoir is be needed in key facilities such as power needs of more than 4,500 homes. EBMUD completes more than 23,000 synchronized, EBMUD both buys and by EBMUD generated approximately located in the City of Lafayette, and to the treatment plants, pumps and dams. EBMUD sells the renewable power it preventative work orders and sells power 640 MWh of energy, and solar panels produces at Camanche to SMUD. south are Upper San Leandro Reservoir 56,000 corrective work orders and Chabot Reservoir. (See map, page 1) annually. Priorities are set using Distribution Network After water a comprehensive asset is treated at a water treatment plant it management system to evaluate is distributed throughout EBMUD’s the reliability of existing facilities, service area. the cost of rehabilitation When EBMUD first began serving versus replacement, the Mokelumne water in 1929, it served consequences of downtime 440,000 people in a 92.6-square-mile or failure, and how specific area with 40 MGD through 1,381 miles facilities will be used in the of pipe. future. Maintenance and In 2012, the water distribution replacement work planning network included 4,200 miles of focuses on ensuring public, pipe, 140 pumping plants and 170 worker and environmental neighborhood reservoirs (tanks storing safety and considers the treated drinking water) having a total financial burden to customers capacity of 830 million gallons. The and the potential disruption 332-square-mile service area is divided to daily life that results when into more than 120 water pressure zones. Pressure zones range in elevation from sea level to 1,450 feet. Approximately EBMUD dispatchers and crews 50 percent of treated water is distributed work each night to maintain service to customers by gravity. and promptly resolve problems.

6 7 Treatment Plants EBMUD treats all water it delivers to customers and adds fluoride to promote dental hygiene. EBMUD’s Wa t e r water treatment plants are capable of Quality filtering and processing a combined total of more than 425 million gallons EBMUD water supplies meet or surpass all state and of water daily. Orinda Water Treatment Plant is the largest, with a peak capacity of 200 million gallons per day. Other federal regulations. water treatment plants are Lafayette, Upper San Leandro, Sobrante and discharges or industrial toxics. Untreated Walnut Creek. San Pablo is a sixth An Excellent Source water can be cloudy because of treatment plant which is currently a Because it comes from mostly sediment and can contain bacteria, standby plant, not in use. undeveloped watershed lands, EBMUD’s algae and other microorganisms—all of EBMUD publishes a detailed annual source water is not exposed to which are effectively removed by the water quality report, which is available contaminants like pesticides, agricultural treatment process. Mokelumne River at www.ebmud.com. or urban runoff, municipal sewage supplies require only minimal treatment to meet or surpass regulatory standards.

EBMUD’s laboratory operates more than 20,000 laboratory tests to ensure the safety of Laboratory 365 days a year to support water drinking water for customers. Services and wastewater operations. Test EBMUD’s laboratory is certified by the State of California Sedimentation The water is moved to Filtration The almost-clear water from results consistently show that to perform inorganic, organic and microbiological analyses Wa t e r another basin where it flows very the sedimentation basins flows into regulated contaminants either are not detected at all or are related to drinking water, source water, wastewater, recycled Tre at me nt slowly to allow the sediment particles deep, concrete-walled boxes. At the generally present in amounts far below limits permitted by water, receiving water, soil, biosolids, hazardous waste, and Water treatment processes vary to settle to the bottom. This step bottom are filter beds made up of state and federal drinking-water standards. treatment chemicals. Quality assurance depending on the water supply. The removes about 85 percent of the layers of sand and anthracite. Any EBMUD drinking water is sampled and tested frequently and quality control programs guide process used at the Upper San Leandro particles from the water. Water for the remaining particles are trapped in the from all parts of the water system to ensure that it meets or every aspect of the laboratory’s and Sobrante water treatment plants next step is collected from the top of anthracite and sand as the now-clean surpasses all primary (health-related) and secondary (aesthetic) daily operations. has six steps. The Orinda, Lafayette the sedimentation basins. water flows down and through the rest regulatory standards established by the U.S. Environmental and Walnut Creek water treatment Ozonation At Sobrante and Upper San of the filter bed into a collecting system. Protection Agency and the California Department of Health plants use only three steps (coagulation, Leandro water treatment plants, Disinfection The addition of chloramine, Services. In 2012, EBMUD monitored for more than 100 filtration, and disinfection) because the ozone is used to improve taste and which combines low levels of dilute regulated contaminants and conducted water they receive needs less treatment. reduce musty odors that occur chlorine and ammonia, protects Coagulation Coagulants are added occasionally due to algae blooms public health by killing any remaining to the water in large basins. The in the reservoirs that provide water microorganisms such as bacteria or coagulants help tiny particles of to these plants. Ozone also helps viruses. As water leaves treatment dirt and plant debris in the water to disinfect water and control disinfection plants it is chloraminated to ensure clump together by neutralizing the by-products that form when natural that the low level of disinfectant charge of the particles. organics in water come into contact required by regulations remains in Flocculation The water is gently mixed, with chlorine, which is added in the water as it is distributed to customers. which causes sediment particles to final water treatment step. combine. When the particles get large enough, they can settle to the bottom of the water.

8 9 Recreation Services at EBMUD Reservoirs and on the Mokelumne River acres of invasive non-native plant Facility Availability Hiking Boating Fishing Picnicking Children’s Camping Water species in the East Bay. Several local Play Area Sports schools have been involved in replanting programs that increase the number of native plants and trees such as valley Camanche Year-round • • • • • Resource oaks and California redwoods. Chabot Year-round • • • • Mitigation Bank EBMUD-owned land in Pinole Valley is being evaluated Lafayette Year-round • • • • • as a site for a mitigation bank for Management Mokelumne endangered species. As an initial step, EBMUD plans to establish a 370-acre Day Use Year-round • • • • bank at Oursan Ridge that will provide Pardee Feb-Oct • • • • • and credits for California red-legged frogs and Alameda whipsnakes. If developed, San Pablo Feb-Oct • • • • • Protection the Pinole Valley Mitigation Bank would preserve approximately 3,000 more Details on the programs at these facilities are available at . Environmentally sound management protects acres as open space while generating www.ebmud.com revenue through sales of mitigation ocean temperatures. In 2009-10, coordinating Delta operations and After observing the spread of quagga water quality and natural resources while providing credits for Alameda whipsnake, California ocean conditions were favorable continuing the robust scientific study and zebra mussels to reservoirs across red-legged frog, wetlands, oak woodland, for juvenile salmon. In part due to program on the river, the Mokelumne the United States, EBMUD determined appropriate public access. and steelhead. The mitigation credits these conditions, a record number salmon return will continue to increase that the destructive and invasive species would be used by EBMUD or sold to of salmon (over 18,500) returned to and be a model for recovery on other posed a threat to local reservoirs. and uses environmentally sustainable public agencies or private entities to the Mokelumne in 2011. Over 12,000 Central Valley river systems. The mussels have been shown to Land Management methods of removing and preventing mitigate for environmental impacts of returned in 2012. cause damage to water system facilities EBMUD owns 54,605 acres of growth of non-native or destructive their projects within the bank service area. and to devour food and nutrients and EBMUD protected watershed land in the East plants or controlling animal populations. Protecting the Fishery Recreation starve native species. and its partners (California Department Bay and in the Mokelumne River Basin, Erosion is monitored and controlled to EBMUD offers a wide range of recreation An EBMUD-sponsored state law Fishery Program of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Fish including 12,765 surface acres of minimize silt deposits in the reservoirs. facilities. Reservoir uses are carefully requires all California water storage and Wildlife Service, and the National water in the reservoirs. EBMUD also is improving habitat EBMUD protects and enhances controlled to protect water quality. reservoirs to implement programs like Marine Fisheries Service) use many EBMUD lands are managed with the for endangered and threatened species the riparian environment along the All reservoirs except Camanche prohibit EBMUD’s to prevent the introduction strategies to protect the fishery, guidance of watershed master plans such as the red-legged frog, California Mokelumne and works with local body contact recreation. In addition to of these invasive species. including minimizing non-native that enable EBMUD to offer recreation tiger salamander, Alameda whipsnake, landowners, state and federal agencies, the services on the chart above, predators along the Mokelumne, programs and offset the costs of land and other species. Projects have and others to ensure a healthy fishery. EBMUD also manages the improving riparian habitat, optimizing management through careful selection included developing and restoring Conditions off the Camanche Hills Hunting Salmon Run river operations for rearing, and operating and management of compatible land ponds and planting vegetation these central California coast influence the Preserve, which offers the most modern salmon hatchery in uses. EBMUD has partnered with the species favor and by removing survival of juvenile salmon that migrate hunting for upland game the Central Valley. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create non-native predators. from the Mokelumne River through the birds, a flighted mallard The Delta is a complex system of added protections for endangered Many habitat restoration projects are , rear in the ocean, and program and an extensive waterways. It’s easy for salmon to lose species through a habitat conservation done with the help of volunteers or as then return. Survival often declines in dry sporting clays course. their way and end up in a different plan in the East Bay and a Safe Harbor part of EBMUD youth education years with warmer ocean temperatures waterway than their natal stream. Boating Restrictions Agreement in the Mokelumne watershed. programs. Volunteers have removed and increases in wet years with cool In recent years, EBMUD has generated Boating is allowed on many Preventive Watershed Protection pulse flows on the Mokelumne to mimic reservoirs. Boat motor management is a key element of fall storm flows (and, when possible, restrictions protect the EBMUD’s environmentally sensitive state officials have closed the Delta cross water. EBMUD also watershed management programs. channel during the peak up-migration inspects all boats for EBMUD minimizes the use of pesticides period) to attract fish upstream past standing water that may and chemicals on the watershed other tributaries and help more contain quagga and zebra through integrated pest management Mokelumne-origin salmon find mussels and prohibits boats their way back home. that have been in infected Watershed lands like Pinole Valley (pictured) EBMUD has created and improved and potentially infected provide critical links for the regional Coast-to- salmonid spawning and rearing habitat areas from launching at Crest and Bay trails. EBMUD manages 65 miles along several miles of the river. Efforts EBMUD reservoirs. of trails for hiking and horseback riding also have included stabilizing stream through undeveloped East Bay watershed land banks, removing invasive plants, and EBMUD developed a take-out and 31 miles of trails in the Mokelumne planting native shrubs and trees. facility that provides rafters and watershed. Backcountry trails in the East Bay EBMUD and its partner agencies kayakers a place to exit the and Mokelumne watersheds require a permit, believe that by improving habitat, Mokelumne River at Middle Bar which is available for a nominal fee. modifying hatchery practices, better (above Pardee Reservoir).

10 11 evolved and today the emphasis is on plant to generate an abundance of Generating Reusable Organic preventing pollution at the source and Treating Wastewater power—and sell renewable energy Material Biosolids management finding ways to generate energy and generated from waste back to the grid. helps local communities reduce the The reuse elements from the waste stream. in the East Bay In addition to treating waste received amount of materials going into landfills. EBMUD’s wastewater programs use In 1944, local residents voted to have through the sewer collection system, Biosolids are the solid, stabilized sound science to protect public health EBMUD provide wastewater treatment EBMUD accepts high-organic waste organic material removed from services for a 70-square-mile area with 80 and the Bay. Proactive efforts help streams delivered in trucks such as wastewater. About 75,000 wet tons protect the Bay waters, minimize air a population of 593,000. When domestic waste from septic tanks, of biosolids are produced annually and Wastewater emissions and keep waste discharges EBMUD’s plant began operating on fats, oil and grease from restaurants beneficially used as a soil amendment 780 low. In collaborationSUISUN with otherBAY agen- November 15, 1951, the wastewater and other food and drink wastes. in land applications or as alternative cies, EBMUD is developing watershed flow was 55 MGD. Today, EBMUD These organic materials can also be daily cover at nearby landfills. solutions to challenging San Francisco treats domestic, commercial and processed to generate renewable energy. water quality issues. industrial wastewater for 650,000 EBMUD’s wastewater programs will customers in an 88 square mile area in More than 60 yearsBAY of protecting80 San Francisco Bay. 680 the East Bay. The average flow into the continue to protect San Francisco Bay 4 4 by seeking effective wastewater and plant was 63 MGD in 2012. Before EBMUD’s wastewater treatment wastewater treatment plant began wet weather flow management solutions The wastewater service area includes plant began operating untreated sewage cleaning the waste stream and improv- that will meet increasingly complex and the cities of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, flowed from city sewer systems into ing the health of the Bay. Over the past stringent regulatory requirements, while Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont, and San Francisco Bay. In 1951, EBMUD’s 60 years, EBMUD’s programs have keeping rates affordable for customers. the Stege Sanitary District, which

242 includes El Cerrito, Kensington and part of Richmond. Each of these entities operates a sewer collection system that discharges into EBMUD’s EBMUD Wastewater Facilities intercepting sewers. EBMUD owns and operates a network 580 Richmond 680 of 15 wastewater pumping stations, El 29 miles of concrete interceptor Cerrito sewers, and 8 miles of force mains Kensington that convey wastewater to the wastewater treatment plant in west

24 Oakland near the entrance to the Albany San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Berkeley Reusing the SAN 680 FRANCISCO Waste Stream Emeryville EBMUD is an industry leader in BAY finding ways to reuse the waste stream that protects the Bay and reduces customer costs. 880 980 Piedmont 13 Map not 80 to Scale Generating Renewable Energy San EBMUD capture methane gas Francisco Oakland produced from the wastewater 580 treatment process and turn it into power. In 1985, EBMUD installed a 6.3-megawatt power generation plant Alameda to recover energy from methane gas, Wastewater Service Area meeting 50 percent of the electrical Wet Weather Plant needs of the plant. In 2011, the addition EBMUD Wastewater of a 4.6-megawatt low-emissions Treatment Plant turbine allows the wastewater treatment Interceptor Sewers Outfall 580 A wastewater plant operator collects a sample of liquid oxygen. EBMUD’s pure oxygen 880 production facility is used in the secondary 580 treatment phase of wastewater treatment.

12 13 today is still unable to handle the storm communities. City and EBMUD pipes Preventing Pollution Controlling drainage from the communities, where will be inspected, cleaned and monitored. sewer pipes leak heavily during rainstorms. In partnership with the EPA and the at the Source Rainwater for a In 2011, following a lengthy process of Regional Water Quality Control Board, EBMUD educates residents and collaboration with regulators and others a regional private sewer lateral program businesses on steps they can take to Cleaner Bay who work on the continued protection now requires owners selling a property help protect the Bay by choosing safer In the 1980s, stormwater-related of San Francisco Bay, EBMUD and the to inspect and repair their sewer lateral products and not dumping hazardous issues created a challenge for EBMUD communities launched a program to if needed. It also mandates that anyone chemicals down the drains. and local cities whose sewer systems invest in further improving wet weather conducting a major remodel or changing EBMUD’s wastewater service area connect to EBMUD’s wastewater flow management. the size of their water meter needs to includes more than 20,000 commercial treatment plant. Deteriorated community EBMUD is investing in wastewater go through the same process. and industrial businesses. EBMUD sanitary sewer pipes and improper infrastructure. Communities are Fixing the source of inflow and helps these facilities monitor and storm drain connections were allowing developing plans to assess and fix infiltration into sewers during rainstorms pretreat their waste stream, so that rainwater into local communities’ damaged sewer pipes and EBMUD is is the best way to protect the Bay. materials discharged into sewers separate sanitary sewer systems during providing technical support to help the comply with local and state regulations. storms, causing overflows at more than 175 locations. EBMUD and the Businesses Removing Heavy Metals communities developed a regional are required to remove such toxics as solution and launched a program to heavy metals and organic pollutants by collect and manage storm flows. using best management practices, EBMUD spent $325 million between process controls and/or pretreatment. 1988 and 1998 to build a wet weather In 1972, EBMUD began working with collection and treatment system to and monitoring business practices to keep raw sewage from entering the Bay help control pollution at the source. when heavy rainfall overwhelmed the By 1977, EBMUD was able to show a In addition to sewage, the wastewater treatment system. EBMUD can handle up to 415 98 percent reduction in the quantity of dispose of radiator coolant and other plant accepts discarded materials like food MGD of short-term wet weather flows. heavy metals discharged into the Bay. solvents and lubricants. grease and scraps that might otherwise go to The communities invested more than Removing Toxics EBMUD partners Educational Partnerships EBMUD landfill. It uses them, like a “green factory”, $360 million in sanitary sewer system with many groups to keep toxics out of partnerships with public agencies and to create renewable and beneficial products. improvements. That program significantly the Bay. By collaborating with industry Bay protection groups have helped increased protection of the Bay and groups to develop and promote best educate community members on what was successful in meeting its objectives. management practices, EBMUD helps materials should not be put down the local businesses adopt effective A New Wet Weather Program drain. Programs to collect unused Despite the progress made, the system business practices that protect the pharmaceuticals and household fats, environment. Today, local dental offices oils and grease, and to encourage wise release less mercury into the sewer choice of cleaning products all help To protect San Francisco Bay, EBMUD’s system and more automotive repair protect San Francisco Bay. wastewater programs focus on preventing facilities recycle and/or properly pollution at the source.

Prechlorination Coarse screens Fine screens Grit chambers Primary Oxygenation tanks Secondary clarifiers Disinfection Discharge Sedimentation

Recycled water On-site to customers power generation Recycled water Tertiary Biosolids Sludge digestion and dewatering treatment

Preliminary treatment screens Secondary treatment uses biological microorganisms (biomass) that Disinfection The treated wastewater is disinfected, dechlorinated and Recycled water Some of the water processed through secondary The Process untreated wastewater (influent) to break down and remove organics still present in the wastewater then discharged 1.2 miles off the East Bay shore through a deep treatment is further treated and then recycled for irrigation, remove rags, rocks, paper and debris, and then passes it through after primary treatment. Pure oxygen helps the biomass thrive water outfall into San Francisco Bay. commercial and industrial purposes in Oakland and Emeryville. grit removal tanks that remove sand and silt. Concentrated household and work efficiently. Large basins settle out the biomass sludge Future expansion will distribute recycled water into Alameda, Sludge digestion and dewatering Large anaerobic digester tanks bleach (sodium hypochlorite) is added to help control odors. and separate it from the final treated wastewater effluent. EBMUD treat the settled solids from primary treatment and the biomass Albany and Berkeley. can process up to 168 MGD through secondary treatment. Primary treatment occurs in large tanks, where floating material sludge separated during secondary treatment. These digesters such as oils and grease are removed and organic solids that are use natural microbial activity to stabilize the biosolids, a process heavy enough are allowed to settle. EBMUD can process up to that takes 15 to 20 days. High-speed centrifuges remove excess 320 MGD through primary treatment. water at the end of the process. workplace health and safety training Equity in Contracting Workforce annually, conducts approximately In 1984, EBMUD adopted its first EBMUD is a major Bay Area employer, 120 jobsite inspections, and audits policy to ensure all businesses would with approximately 1,800 employees numerous facilities. Lost-time injuries get equitable opportunities to contract working in a broad range of trades, as per 100 employees were 2.7 in 2012. Budget, Rates with EBMUD. Each year, EBMUD well as technical, administrative and EBMUD professional developmental renews its policy that commits the scientific fields. academies help employees prepare for organization to nondiscrimination, to Operating and maintaining the complex promotional opportunities. EBMUD and promoting small business and local systems that deliver safe water supplies works with local community colleges business participation in contracts, and treat waste streams requires working and non-profit organizations to support and to enabling all qualified contractors around-the-clock, 365 days a year. preparation by external candidates for Workforce to compete for contract awards. Plant operators, crews and dispatchers EBMUD job opportunities. In 2011, EBMUD contracting with historically work each night to maintain service EBMUD sponsored a Plumber Training EBMUD is an enterprise special district, underutilized businesses (ethnic and promptly resolve problems. Program with Laney College to prepare minorities and white women) has grown EBMUD focuses on ensuring safe students for plumber job opportunities committed to providing essential public services. from approximately 8 percent in 1984 working environments and safe work in the water industry. EBMUD seeks a to 21 percent in 2012. practices for its crews and all employees. workforce that is representative of In 2012, a typical residential water EBMUD devotes 11,500 hours to California’s diverse labor force. Budget Rates and Charges customer used 270 gallons of water a EBMUD’s revenues come from a As an enterprise special district, day and paid $40.98 per month. variety of sources, including sales of EBMUD sets rates and charges to cover Wastewater treatment charges have water and hydroelectric power, meter the costs of the services it provides. three components. service charges, sewage treatment Most customers are billed every two charges and a wet-weather facilities months. Some large commercial and • A charge based on wastewater charge. The 2012 fiscal year budget industrial accounts are billed monthly. strength and volume. was $595.3 million for the water Water service charges have four elements: • A San Francisco Bay pollution system and included $222.9 million prevention fee. This fee pays for in capital improvement appropriations. • A service charge that covers the cost services to reduce the discharge The wastewater system budget of of the water meter, fire protection, of pollutants from commercial $127.3 million included $38.3 million customer billing and services. It is customers and educate customers in capital improvement appropriations. based on the meter size. on actions at home that help keep • A seismic surcharge that pays for the Bay clean. system-wide seismic improvements. • EBMUD provides billing services • An elevation surcharge that covers the for five of the seven agencies that energy costs of pumping water to collect sewage and deliver it into properties located at higher elevations. EBMUD’s wastewater treatment system. Those charges also appear • A charge for the amount of water on some customer bills. used. To encourage wise water use, single family use charges increase In 2012, the average residential across three tiers based on the wastewater treatment customer paid volume of water used. The first tier is $16 per month. set at typical indoor water use levels.

16 EBMUD Historical Highlights 1923 Election authorizes the formation 1978 Full secondary wastewater 2010 Dry-year supplies for the of a regional utility district treatment system begins East Bay become available from operating to further protect the Sacramento River 1929 First Mokelumne River water the Bay delivered to customers in the 2011 National law adopted to get lead East Bay 1983 Renewable energy production out of drinking-water plumbing begins at Sierra reservoirs based EBMUD-sponsored 1944 Election authorizes EBMUD (hydropower) state law to provide regional wastewater treatment 1984 Recycled water sales begin 2012 EBMUD becomes the first utility in the nation to generate 1951 Wastewater treatment system 1985 Renewable energy production net renewable energy by begins operating to protect begins at wastewater capturing methane gas from the San Francisco Bay treatment plant wastewater treatment process

1970 Watershed Land Use Master 1986 Regional wet weather program For an expanded historical timeline, Plan adopted established to minimize storm- please visit the District history page induced sewer overflows at www.ebmud.com. 1977 Driest year in EBMUD history; mandatory rationing 1993 Lower Mokelumne River required and conservation Management Plan assures programs expanded reliable water supplies and sustains fishery

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