Baykeeper Highlights

Wintertime Sewage Spills Plague the Bay

See the recent San Francisco Chronicle article about sewage spills in San Francisco Bay.

The Bay Area continues to struggle with the impacts of a failing sewage infrastructure. Every winter, rainwater infiltrates dilapidated sewer systems, spiking the volume of flow in sewer mains and overwhelming treatment plant capacity – which leads to sewage spills and overflows to local waterways and the Bay.

As part of our Sick of Sewage campaign, Baykeeper advocates for region-wide upgrades to local sewer systems. We're also going city-by-city to address problem systems, from Millbrae, San Carlos and the West Bay Sanitary District to seven satellite systems of the East Bay Municipal Utility District – including Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont. Read more about Baykeeper's work to protect the Bay from sewage spills.