Posted on 05/24/2015 3:07:47 PM PDT by infool7
Fremont (KRON) — Fremont police say vandals attacked an inflatable dam on Alameda Creek that resulted in the loss of nearly 50 million gallons of water.
Police believe that those responsible entered a restricted area sometime on Thursday morning and intentionally damaged the dam.
“The dam, which is instrumental to the Alameda County Water District’s water supply operations, suffered irreversible damage,” police said.
According to police, more than 150 acre-feet of water – or 49 million gallons – washed past the destroyed dam and into the San Francisco Bay.
With California enduring a crippling four-year drought and no signs of immediate relief, the water in the Alameda Creek was to have been percolated into the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin for use by residents and businesses in Fremont, Newark, and Union City as a critical water supply.
“This amount of water is enough to supply the needs of approximately 500 homes for one year,” police said.
District staff was able to quickly open upstream diversions, allowing water which would have been impounded behind the dam to flow into nearby groundwater recharge facilities, thus eliminating further water loss.
“This is a very significant loss of water under any circumstances, and more so in the drought conditions we are experiencing,” said ACWD General Manager Robert Shaver. “It is an utterly senseless, destructive, and wasteful thing to do.”
The District does not believe it will have a long-term impact on its water supply operations.
The vandalized dam is one of a pair ACWD maintains on Alameda Creek. The dams are large, heavy-duty devices, which can be inflated to impound needed water or deflated to allow water to flow through the creek in storm conditions.
Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to contact Detective A. Ceniceros at Aceniceros@fremont.gov or (510) 790-6900.
Do not panic, all is well, move along folks nothing to see here.
rubber ducky damn? what the hell is wrong with that state?
I’m sure it’s the same bunch of losers that attend Earth First rallies. They don’t just whine about their environmental cause du joir, they go out and try to make it happen faster.
Well .. Alameda is in the heart of Liberal-land. Let them holler and squeal about it. And .. if they do that loud enough, perhaps they can influence the Gov. to change his mind on a lot of his eccentric water plans.
Apparently, it was adjustable to control the amount of water it was retaining and in service for 30 years.
What’s wrong? More like what’s right. There is enough hot air in California to change every damn dam on the planet earth to inflatable.
Eco-Nazis
I hate Eco-Nazis
Rubber Ducky Governor.
“an inflatable dam “ ... What could go wrong?
The state should be sued for creating an attractive nuisance.
Fremont,.. for those who dont know...is the afghanistan of the San Francrisco Bay Area...
of course it wasnt terrorism mooselims wouldnt do that now would they?
this is HUGH!!
The rubber is 1 inch thick, and the cut was 5 feet long.....probably not just vandals with a pocket knife.
Is that an inflatable dam in your pocket.....?
Good Lord!
What else have they been making out of rubber that we should be concerned about?
Rubber ducky freeway & railroad bridges?
“The inflatable Dam broke and my inflatable girlfriend floated away...bummer dude “. Gov. Moonbeam
Woo Hoo!
Save the whipper - snapper mole cricket!, screw the evil capitalists and their dam.
Vegetable rights! Burn the winter palace!
I can hear them chant: "FREE THE WATER" dude...
No, Im just glad to see ya that’s all.
He’s trying to shoot the oil.
HUGH yeah but definitely not series.
bump
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