East Bay Drought: EBMUD Ends Penalties for Water Guzzlers
The East Bay’s largest water district is ending the fines and public embarrassment for households that use excessive amounts of water in the drought.
Saying it will have enough water this year, the East Bay Municipal Utility District Utility board voted 7-0 to suspend its excess use fines that garnered widespread public attention because EBMUD was the first large supplier in California to limit household use and disclose the names of violators.
