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Input: The Oakland A's Billy Beane was among the highest water users in the East Bay during California's drought emergency this summer, trailing only a retired Chevron executive and a prominent venture capitalist. 
  
 Beane, the A's executive vice president of baseball operations, had the third-highest household total at 5,996 gallons per day, according to public records released Thursday by the East Bay Municipal Utility District. The average district customer uses less than 250 gallons a day. 
  
 The Danville resident, who was profiled in the hit movie "Moneyball" for his wizardry in building winners on a shoestring budget, also owns a small percentage of the team. 
  
 Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics executive vice president and Danville resident, was among those using the most water in the East Bay during California's drought emergency this summer. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) 
  
 Beane said he has tried to reduce his water use this year but added that he has a large landscaped yard. "I certainly pay for it," he said. 
  
 George Kirkland, of Danville, the retired oil executive, used 12,579 gallons of water per day -- about 50 times the district average 
  
 He was the largest user among 1,109 customers on a partial list of customers slapped with excess-use penalties for using more than 1,000 gallons of water per day. 
  
 Kirkland, a former Chevron vice chairman and executive vice president, said his use soared because of a leak in a water line to the 2 acres of vineyard on his 4-acre lot. 
  
 "I didn't realize I had a leak until I got the water bill," said Kirkland, who irrigates his vineyard with drip irrigation. "Drip irrigation doesn't help if you have a leak you didn't know about." 
  
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 He said EBMUD should have a system to alert customers of sudden spikes in water use rather than having to wait two months for a written bill to be mailed out. 
  
 Second on the list at 8,091 gallons of water per day was Mark Pine, a longtime venture capitalist living in Alamo. 
  
 The majority of the excess users were located in warmer, more affluent Contra Costa County communities with large yards, including Alamo, Danville, Orinda and Lafayette. 
  
 EBMUD board members said they adopted the excess water-use penalties to give high users a message to conserve, although some critics have argued wealthy customers will not be deterred by the penalties. 
  
 The district released the names and consumption in response to a public records request by this newspaper and other media outlets covering the drought. 
  
 EBMUD officials said they are obliged to release the names because state laws require disclosure of information about customers who violate district rules and policies. Other water agencies, including Contra Costa Water District and Alameda County Water District, say they don't release similar information because they have not instituted excess-use penalties. 
  
 The East Bay water board passed excess-use penalties, effective July 1, as part of an effort to meet a state order to cut districtwide water use by 16 percent. The district has set its own bar even higher, seeking a 20 percent cut. The district has exceeded those targets, saving as much as 30 percent in some months. 
  
 The list released Thursday night was partial because not all customers are billed at the same time. Billing is spread out over a two-month period. 
  
 EBMUD officials said the names released so far represent about a third of the district's customers. More names are expected to be released later this year. 
  
 District spokeswoman Abby Figueroa said the district mailed written notices before summer to warn customers with high use that they would be penalized if they failed to stay within the 1,000-gallon daily limit. 
  
 Database producer Daniel Willis contributed to this story |||||  
  
  
  
 One of the most frustrating things about the ongoing California drought is knowing that some people just don’t give a damn. Letting your lawn die and your toilet bowl turn yellow can seem absurd when you know that a few water hogs are keeping their gardens as green as Costa Rican golf courses (like the mystery Bel Air resident who uses 12 million gallons per year). 
  
 Citing privacy concerns, every major California water district has refused to name their biggest users. Until today. 
  
 The East Bay Municipal Utility District just released a partial list of homeowners who have violated its new excessive-water-use rules. In this district encompassing the cities and hills east of San Francisco, scofflaws are defined as those whose daily usage exceeds 1,000 gallons—four times the residential average of 250 gallons a day. 
  
 The EBMUD’s list of shame only covers customers who are billed in September, and excludes any who filed appeals. Yet it reveals many cases of egregious water use among the owners of massive properties in the East Bay hills. One of the largest violators is Oakland A’s executive Billy Beane, whose team is known as one of the most eco-friendly in baseball. 
  
 Here are the top five water guzzlers on the water district’s list—and aerial snapshots of their homes: 
  
 1. George Kirkland, former vice chairman of Chevron 
  
 Daily water use: 12,579 gallons 
  
 Location: Danville, California 
  
 Property value: $3.5 million 
  
 Mitigating factor: Kirkland told the San Jose Mercury News that there was a leak in a water line to the two acres of vineyards on his four-acre lot. 
  
 2. Mark Pine, venture capitalist 
  
 Daily water use: 8,091 gallons 
  
 Location: Alamo, California 
  
 Property value: $6.9 million 
  
 3. Billy Beane, vice president of baseball operations and minority owner of the Oakland A’s 
  
 Daily water use: 5,996 gallons 
  
 Location: Danville, California 
  
 Property value: $4.8 million 
  
 4. Dane Bigham, software executive 
  
 Daily water use: 5,747 gallons 
  
 Location: Walnut Creek, California 
  
 Property value: $891,000 
  
 5. Gene Yee, intellectual property attorney 
  
 Daily water use: 5,659 gallons 
  
 Location: San Leandro, California 
  
 Property value: $269,000 
  
 Mitigating factor: Yee’s water use is hard to explain given that he has very little landscaping. Perhaps he also has a leak? |||||
Output:
Billy Beane—Oakland A's executive and the inspiration behind the film Moneyball—is one of the San Francisco area's worst water wasters, the San Jose Mercury News reports. According to a partial list of customers made public by the East Bay Municipal Utility District Thursday, Beane uses 5,996 gallons of water every day. That's nearly 24 times the average household water usage during California's serious drought. Beane, who has been fined for his high water usage, tells the Mercury News he tried to save water but his home has a large yard. Indeed, a photo of Beane's $4.8 million property published on Mother Jones shows a pool and lots of green grass along the drive up to the house. Beane is famous for winning baseball games on a small budget, so let's hope he can figure out how to moneyball his water usage soon.