EBMUD is performing an engineering wonder to make sure that an earthquake doesn't leave Alameda Island without water since it has no reservoirs of its own.
Island without water since it has no reservoirs of its own. Alameda completely relies on water piped in from East Bay MUD through four old and vulnerable pipelines.
This pipe will run 150 feet below the estuary where the ground is much more firm and more resistant to earthquakes, as opposed to the current pipe, which is much higher up and far more susceptible to being destroyed. "We're actually replacing the four existing pipelines with three new pipelines and this is the first of those," said Yoloye.
There are 3,000 feet of pipe here and it's very, very heavy. And, that means, when it's going to be pulled, it has to be pulled slowly at the rate of about three-and-a-half feet per minute. Once that is accomplished, that is half the job. The other half of the job is hooking it up to the main system, which will make sure that Alameda has the water it needs.
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