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Chapter 6 <br />Water Supply Characterization <br />THE CITY OF <br />PLE ASANTON <br />water via its streams or arroyos ("in -stream recharge" or "artificial recharge") for storage in the Main <br />Basin, began supplying treated surface water to customers to augment groundwater supplies, and <br />regulating municipal pumping by other users. <br />Figure 6-4 shows Zone 7's total annual artificial recharge amounts, pumping amounts, and their <br />cumulative net impacts to operational storage from the 1974 water year to the 2020 water year. Zone 7's <br />operational policy is to maintain the balance between the combination of natural and artificial recharge <br />and withdrawal or pumping to maintain groundwater levels above the emergency reserve storage. Zone 7 <br />has generally been able to pump as much groundwater as it has needed to over the last five years; <br />however, during the recent drought, decreases in groundwater elevation did noticeably affect the <br />production of certain wells. Zone 7 is continuing to study the groundwater basin and developing new tools <br />(such as an improved groundwater model) to better understand the levels of groundwater extraction <br />possible under various conditions and contributing factors such as groundwater connectivity, spatial <br />distribution of groundwater in the Main Basin, and others. <br />Since 1974, Zone 7 has artificially recharged over 67,000 AF more water than it has pumped, helping to <br />offset demands and keeping the Main Basin's groundwater levels above the historical lows. Between 1974 <br />and 2007 Zone 7 had artificially recharged approximately 70,000 AF more than it had pumped during that <br />same time; however, since 2007, Zone 7 has artificially recharged about 3,000 AF less than it has pumped, <br />primarily due to construction work on the SBA, recent drought conditions, and lower -than -average SWP <br />allocations over that same time period. Overall net groundwater storage remains significantly above <br />historical lows, as shown on Figure 6-3. <br />Zone 7 plans to augment its current groundwater in -stream recharge capacity with off -stream recharge <br />using the future Chain of Lakes. <br />80,000 <br />iiiiiiiiiiiiZone 7 Recharge (Supply) <br />Zone 7 Pumping I Demand) <br />70,000 — _Cumulative Zane 7 Supply/Demand <br />60,000 <br />50,000 <br />40,000 <br />30,000 <br />w <br />w <br />4 <br />W <br />20,000 <br />10,0 <br />-10,000 <br />Since 1974 Zone 7 has artificially recharged / <br />67,095 AF more than it has pumped <br />0,000 <br />n n n tr tr tr m m m m m m m m m m O� m O O O O O W W O O O O O O O O O O r r N <br />m m m m rn rn rn rn m rn rn rn rn rn m m m m m rn rn rn m m w rn o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 <br />.......... <br />N N N N N N N <br />WATER YEAR <br />Figure 6-4. Artificial Recharge, Pumping, and Net Cumulative Impacts to Operational Storage <br />WEST YOST 6-12 City of Pleasanton <br />2020 Urban Water Management Plan <br />N-680-60-20-04-WP-R-680-2020UWMP May 2021 <br />