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Even though the land was acquired for water district use more than half a century earlier, a proposal to create a reservoir here generated a storm of protest, centering on the loss of wildlife habitat.
EBMUD watershed, near Castro Valley, CA (1990).
Large areas in the Berkeley Hills have been protected as watershed for the local storage reservoirs of the East Bay Municipal Utility District.
San Pablo Reservoir, near Orinda, CA (1990).