RES 3429 - Laserfiche WebLink

from the ground water basin and furnished via pipeline to areas north of old U. S. Highway 50, and therefore, outside the limits of the ground water basin. The City of Pleasanton has grave doubts as to the quality of the Sacramento River water being recharged into the basin, as well as doubts regarding the effect of such recharge upon the ground water basin. The City of Pleasanton holds the view that if Sacramento River water is to be provided by Zone No. 7 to such local water distribution agencies as may contract with Zone No. 7 that such water should be transmitted through pipelines directly from the Zone No. 7 water treatment plant near Livermore or directly from the South Bay Aque- duct, rather than by the recharge and well pumping sys- tem. The City of Pleasanton also contends that the pipeline previously constructed by Zone No. 7 at a cost of several hundreds of thousands of dollars, located south of U. S. Highway 50, west of Smnta Rita Road, and parallel to the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way, should be utilized, in conjunction with the pipelines from either the Zone No. 7 water treatment plant or the South Bay Aqueduct, to provide water to the Valley Com- munity Services District. The City Council notes that said pipeline was constructed for the specific purpose of bringing water to the Valley Co~nunity Services Dis- trict, however, under the current alternate proposal would not be utilized for any useful purpose. The City of Pleasanton wishes to express grave concern to Zone No. 7 regarding the possible violation of this City's existing water rights south of U. S. Highway 50 by institution of the current Zone No. 7 plan to bring water to the Valley Community Services District; and further wishes to inform Zone No. 7 of the City's inten- tion to undertake, in the immediate future, detailed studies in order to determine the following: The exact extent and nature of the ground water basin, in order to particularly determine the northern limits of the basin in relation to the current Zone No. 7 plan and this City's water export rights. b. The exact status of the ground water basin in re- lation to its possible deficiency or over-draft. c. The legitimacy of the Zone No. 7 recharge and pumping program. The quality of the Sacramento River water currently bring recharged into the ground water basin by Zone No. 7, and the damage, if any, said water may cause to the existing quality of the normal ground water supply. -2-