The East Bay’s largest water supplier failed to give the public an adequate explanation of a 9.75 percent water increase, the first of two big increases in consecutive years, Alameda County’s civil grand jury has concluded.
The panel of government watchdogs said they lacked the expertise to second-guess the need for the increase. But jurors said the East Bay Municipal Utility District, which provides water for 1.3 million people in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, wasn’t clear in explaining the need for the increase and its impact.
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