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Water Shortage Contingency Plan <br />4.5.1 Interrupted Supply from Zone 7 <br />THE CITY OF <br />PLEASANTON. <br />If imported water deliveries are interrupted, Zone 7 plans to meet its current water demands with existing <br />facilities using groundwater and Zone 7's share of water stored in Lake Del Valle. The City and other <br />retailers with groundwater pumping capacity may be asked to increase their groundwater pumping, if <br />possible. In this case, Zone 7 would declare a water shortage emergency in coordination with the City and <br />its other retailers, who would then put into effect their WSCPs and associated voluntary and mandatory <br />water consumption reductions. <br />Zone 7 has emergency generators (both portable and dedicated) at strategic locations in preparation for <br />any regional power outage. These generators would allow both the Del Valle Water Treatment Plant and <br />the Patterson Pass Water Treatment Plant to continue operating even under a power outage. Assuming <br />no interruptions in surface water supply, Zone 7 would be able to provide service to all treated water <br />contractors. If warranted by demand, Zone 7 would also operate groundwater wells, which have either a <br />dedicated generator in place or have the necessary hook-ups to receive power from a portable generator. <br />If the power failure were to occur during the high -demand summer season, Zone 7 may be unable to meet <br />hourly peak demands throughout the transmission system. Zone 7 would work closely with the City and <br />other retailers to manage demands to minimize impacts. <br />4.5.1.1 Unavailable SWP Water <br />There could be an emergency situation where no water was available from the SWP. This could occur if <br />the South Bay Aqueduct (SBA) was inoperable due to maintenance or damage from an earthquake. Water <br />supplies from the SWP could also be limited or unavailable during a future drought. If no water were <br />available from the SWP, Zone 7 would need to meet customer demand with groundwater and available <br />local water stored in Lake Del Valle. The worst disruption to SWP deliveries would likely result from a <br />moderate to a large earthquake, causing multiple Delta island levee failures and cessation of exports from <br />the Delta of up to a year. <br />Under this scenario and under current conditions, Zone 7 estimates that it would be able to make full <br />deliveries to the retailers during non -summer months using a combination of groundwater and water <br />stored in Lake Del Valle. During the peak demand of the summer months, however, Zone 7 will need to <br />reduce deliveries to the retailers, including the City. Zone 7's analysis shows that Zone 7 has sufficient <br />groundwater supply and pumping ability to serve the indoor water use needs of the service area over a <br />one -year period; the availability of water supply for outdoor water use during the summer months will <br />depend on the amount of water available in Lake Del Valle. Depending on timing and degree of recovery, <br />the City might enact any of the stages of water shortage conditions discussed in Section 3.0. <br />4.5.1.2 Unavailable Zone 7 Water <br />The City receives Zone 7 supplies at seven different turnout locations. If Zone 7 supplies are unavailable <br />at one or more turnouts, Zone 7 supplies may still be available at the remaining turnouts. If the City's wells <br />are not sufficient to meet demands, the City may also be able to obtain emergency supplies from its <br />emergency interties with DSRSD. Depending on the availability of water from these sources, the City may <br />need to enact various water shortage stages discussed in Section 3.0 to deal with a supply shortfall. <br />4.5.2 Area -Wide Electrical Power Failure <br />During a prolonged electrical power outage, the City would continue to receive water from Zone 7. Zone 7 <br />has emergency generators (both portable and dedicated) at strategic locations in preparation for a <br />regional power outage. These generators would allow both the Del Valle Water Treatment Plant and the <br />12 City of Pleasanton <br />N-e80-60-20-04-wP-R-e80-2020uwMP Last Revised: 05-05-21 <br />