It appears that not even those in the Bay Area sports bubble can escape the ramifications of excess water use during California’s ongoing drought.
The San Jose Mercury News reported on Friday that a handful of notable sports figures, including San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain, in the area made a “thousand-name list” of water wasters, released by the East Bay Municipal Utilities District on Thursday. Former NBA star Brian Shaw and former Golden State Warrior Adonal Foyle also made the list.
Granted, these men were down the list that was topped by businessman Kumarakulasingam Suriyakumar of Diablo, who reportedly used “9,612 gallons a day” and “paid a two-month basic water bill of about $5,103, plus $1,382 in excess-use penalties, officials estimated.