Hungry deer, shrinking ponds, speeding golf balls: the drought’s toll around Berkeley
Strawberry Creek and the city’s trees are doing OK, but Lake Anza is unswimmable, turtles are getting run over by cars and wild pigs may be moving in.
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Clean water is elusive for those living in homeless encampments. Is there a solution?
Unhoused residents and their supporters want the East Bay Municipal Utility District to expand water access for camps.
300 residents out of water in West Berkeley, nearby cities due to estimated 16 water main breaks
Routine pressure adjustments may have caused older pipes to burst, according to EBMUD.
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Update: Water restored to Berkeley Marina after burst pipe caused major outage
Guests at the DoubleTree hotel and others in the area were without running water after a main break Tuesday afternoon cut the supply to the entire Berkeley Marina.
Hey Berkeley: Are you ready for up to 8 days without electricity?
PG&E says the amount of time the power could be out has “been hard for a lot of people to accept.” The city is taking steps to prepare. Have you?
Extreme lead level found in Berkeley High drinking water, but district says false alarm
New state data show the water was found to contain more than 40 times the legal amount of lead, but no students appear to have been exposed to it.
Water at Berkeley schools tested for lead contamination
Preliminary tests at a few sites were negative, but a new law requires EBMUD to test every BUSD school.
EBMUD responds to water main break at Dwight and Telegraph
Traffic will be affected all day, according to authorities, after an underground water main break in the Southside neighborhood.
EBMUD works to rid Berkeley water of compounds that can raise risk of cancer
The drought has led to an increase of THMs, which can cause cancer, in the East Bay’s drinking water.
East Bay residents could soon be paying more for water
In an ironic twist of drought economics, EBMUD is considering charging its customers more for water starting July 12 in part because they are consuming less.
EBMUD: Berkeley water leak repairs will cause outage
EBMUD says it will repair a water leak today at Fulton Street and Dwight Way in Berkeley that started Friday evening. The repair work will cause some customers in the area to be without water.
