East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is set to propose a 13% rate rise for water and a 17% increase for wastewater services starting in July. These increases aim to fund essential upgrades to century-old infrastructure and the development of new water treatment plants. The proposed changes will cost the average water customer about $8 more monthly and are part of a larger, $5.6 billion plan to enhance water systems and replace aging pipelines over the next decade. EBMUD aims to ensure climate resilience and long-term system sustainability.
We have to do this now. Our system is more than 100 years old. We turned 100 in 2023, and some of the infrastructure that we have in the ground is still the original infrastructure that we inherited.
It's a much, much better practice to replace pipes than to keep fixing the same broken ones over and over. The only time anyone thinks about them is when they burst, and we have to shut off the water to fix them... significant investments in our pipelines mean that people can go on not thinking about water for decades.
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