East Bay residents upset vandals wasted drinking water

East Bay resident upset vandals wasted drinking water
Residents in the East Bay were upset to learn that vandals sabotaged a dam in Fremont causing the release of 49 million gallons of water.
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Friday, May 22, 2015

FREMONT, Calif. (KGO) -- About 50 million gallons of fresh water flowed out of Alameda Creek and into the San Francisco Bay after vandals damaged an inflatable dam.

The dam spanned across Alameda Creek, holding back rainfall and runoff that is later fed into percolation ponds to recharge groundwater.

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