Sewers

The sewer system carries wastewater from homes and businesses in the East Bay communities to the treatment plant. Learn more about maintaining your private sewer lateral to protect the Bay, and about the local city sewers as well as EBMUD's sewer system:

Private Sewer Laterals (responsibility of property owners)

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is spearheading an effort to keep the San Francisco Bay clean by requiring EBMUD, several East Bay cities and one sewer district to fix old, cracked sewer pipes to ensure they don't allow the infiltration of rainwater which can overwhelm wastewater treatment facilities, resulting in untreated and partially treated sewage being released into the Bay. Property owners will be required to obtain a certificate indicating their private sewer laterals are without defects and have proper connections.

Sewer Lines (managed by cities)

Wastewater flows from nine communities are sent to EBMUD's wastewater treatment plant. 

EBMUD's Sewer System Management Plans

Sewer system management plans help ensure consistently reliable service, and help protect the San Francisco Bay, the Camanche and Pardee Reservoirs, and the surrounding environment by minimizing sanitary sewer overflows.