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Members attended a groundbreaking ceremony on November 10, 1947, to mark Central San's first construction—the main trunk sewer at the east end of Moraga Boulevard. Work began immediately and within 26 months, CCCSD's newly constructed main sewer trunk line and treatment plant were operational.
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With septic tanks overflowing and waterborne diseases such as typhoid becoming a potential threat, civic leaders rallied public support for a solution. In an election held on June 24, 1946, a proposal to form a sanitary district for areas of central Contra Costa County was approved. On July 15, 1946,
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District's beginnings in 1946 as a small agency serving a rural area: the size, population, and characteristics of the service area; the processes and technologies used to treat and collect wastewater; the environmental awareness and stricter water quality
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In the 1940s, central Contra Costa County was a rural area of farms, orchards and a few small towns. With the end of World War II, a building boom began. As the nearby cities of San
Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley grew, so did the population of Contra Costa County. This ultimately resulted in a
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That original system was expected to handle the area's wastewater for at least two decades. But by 1952, it was obvious that demand would soon exceed capacity. CCCSD began a series of expansions and improvements to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population.
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