News Briefs: Bay Area Blackouts Cause Water Shortage in Vallejo

In the midst of historic blackouts across the Bay Area of California, one water utility in the city of Vallejo faced a near-crisis as one of its pump stations couldn’t lift raw water to the nearby town of Cordelia. “We were getting close to about two days' water left,” says Beth Schoenberger, Vallejo Water Department operations manager, tells KPIX News. “It’s not a situation that we are comfortable with and it’s relatively unprecedented.” Firefighters battling with wildfires in the area also put a strain on the city’s supply. The large-scale blackouts in the Bay Area were initiated by the utility Pacific