The district was founded after a severe drought in 1923 proved that a local system of reservoirs was inadequate. The district built a pipeline to the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada. Today, several hundred miles of large diameter pipes bring the water to various reservoirs in the East Bay area. Water is then transported to several treatment plants and delivered to local small reservoirs and tanks, where it is then distributed by gravity to households.
By bypassing the Sacramento Delta, EBMUD can deliver especially high quality water with low salinity. EBMUD has also switched from the use of gaseous chlorine to the use of chloramine, improving the water's taste.
A pipeline connection from the terminus of the FSC to the EBMUD Mokelumne Aqueducts near Clements, California.
A pipeline connection from the terminus of the FSC to the EBMUD Mokelumne Aqueducts near Stockton, California.
Reclamation and EBMUD have been seeking public input on alternatives, concerns, and issues to be addressed in the EIS/EIR through a series of scoping meetings held from April 28 through May 1, 1997 in Sacramento, Oakland, Lodi, and Galt, California.
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