Water service

Lawn goodbye2-3.jpg23% of every dollar you invest in EBMUD pays for storage, treatment and delivery of high quality water to 1.4 million people; day-to-day maintenance of water supply and distribution systems; planning and engineering for future water supply; recycled water; and meter reading.

Visit our Construction in my neighborhood page to see which active projects your dollars are funding and learn more about our Pipeline Rebuild initiative that explores innovative approaches to pipeline renewal, such as an airlift of pipes in the Berkeley Hills to save ten times as much time and money to truck pipes.

Another 24% goes toward infrastructure and supplemental water supply. That includes repayment of bonds that have been sold to pay for long-term investments in infrastructure, supplemental water supply and resource recovery.