The chosen location, a maintenance facility in West Oakland that previously served as the utility’s headquarters, is symbolic of the challenges the city's utility faces in the coming century. Just 13 feet above sea level, climate models predict this part of Oakland could be underwater in another 100 years.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District this week approved a two-year, $2.25 billion budget, which includes 4 percent water rate hikes this year and next year. EBMUD’s Board of Directors unanimously voted Tuesday to adopt the budget, which utility officials