Water-hog list includes Giants’ Buster Posey, Motley Crue singer

Buster Posey was one of more than 1,800 East Bay customers who went over his water allowance during the recent billing cycle. Buster Posey was one of more than 1,800 East Bay customers who went over his water allowance during the recent billing cycle. Photo: Jason O. Watson, Getty Images Photo: Jason O. Watson, Getty Images Image 1 of / 9 Caption Close Water-hog list includes Giants’ Buster Posey, Motley Crue singer 1 / 9 Back to Gallery

Giants catcher Buster Posey, 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov and Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil were among the notable people whose names popped up Thursday on a new list of East Bay residents penalized for using too much water amid the historic drought.

The three were on a roster of 1,802 customers of the East Bay Municipal Utility District who, during their most recent 60-day billing cycle, used more than a cap of roughly 1,000 gallons of water per day. The average household uses between 300 and 400 gallons daily.

Topping the list was St. Moritz Dorf LLC., a private company tied to a residential property in Alamo that consumed an average of more than 11,000 gallons of water per day, according to district records.

Mastrov, who lives in Lafayette, was second, using more than 10,000 gallons daily. The next three biggest guzzlers were Jonathan Wornick of Lafayette and Oakland residents Sherry McWoodson and Doris Wicker. Names of customers who are appealing their penalties were excluded.

Also high on the list: retired NFL All-Pro running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who used about 4,200 gallons per day at his Danville home, and Roy Jacuzzi, of the famed spa-inventing Jacuzzi family, who used roughly 2,600 gallons per day.

Posey’s family drained about 3,400 gallons a day at a Lafayette property, the records show, while Neil consumed more than 2,200 gallons daily at his Danville home. They, along with everyone else, faced fines of $2 for every unit of water — 748 gallons — they used over the 60-day billing period that exceeded the utility district’s cap.

The list included clusters of violators in exclusive neighborhoods, including 59 residences on a six-block stretch of Happy Valley Road in Lafayette; 37 neighbors on five blocks of Blackhawk Drive outside Danville; and 19 houses on three blocks of Dalewood Drive in Orinda. About a third of the violators on the list were in the Danville postal area.

District officials said that 360 people on the list were being fined for a second billing period but that two-thirds of them had managed to cut back since the earlier penalty.

Among the repeat offenders was A’s general manager Billy Beane. He used roughly 3,500 gallons a day this time, down from nearly 6,000 a day, records show.

After being cited the first time, Beane said, “Multiple irrigation leaks and a significant pool leak were recently discovered and are in the process of being corrected.

“We are more than displeased and embarrassed by the usage and are taking immediate action.”

Beane did take immediate action, according to the A’s front office, which issued a statement Thursday.

“The water usage at Billy Beane’s home was reduced by nearly 50 percent during the most recent billing cycle,” according to A’s officials. “More than half of the current bill reflects the previous usage rate, and does not show the immediate and continued action taken at the home, including the complete shutdown of the property's irrigation system.”

Others on the new list were former Chevron executive George Kirkland and former Seattle Seahawks owner and Blackhawk developer Ken Behring, both of whom live inside the gates of Blackhawk near Danville. Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi of Alamo was fined a smaller amount than those two, as was civil rights attorney John Burris of Oakland.

Famous athletes have been a fixture of the lists of big water users. Past offenders included Giants pitcher Matt Cain and retired Warriors center Adonal Foyle.

Water use records are typically private, but violations of water ordinances are disclosed upon request.

Efforts to reach Posey, Neil and others on Thursday were unsuccessful. Burris said he was surprised to be on the list of water hogs given that his wife travels a lot and they don’t water their lawn much.

“What we do have though is a pool. There’s a water level we have to maintain,” he said.

“We have a Jacuzzi too,” Burris said. “We'll just have to see what we can do about reducing it.”

Kurtis Alexander and Jill Tucker are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: kalexander@sfchronicle.com, jtucker@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @kurtisalexander, @jilltucker