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<br /> . CITY OF PLEASANTON APPEAL OF PDR.482 <br /> 9/28/05 <br /> BACK IN THE 1970'S ALAMEDA COUNTY PUT A BUILDING <br /> MORATORIUM INTO EFFECT ON THE HAPPy VALLEY -- NORTH SYCAMORE <br /> AREAS OF SOUTH PLEASANTON --- THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE THE WELL <br /> WATER WAS POLLUTED WITHNlTRATES AND GETI1NG WORSE. <br /> NO NEW BUILDING WAS ALLOWED AT ALL AND YOU COULD NOT <br /> EVEN ADD A BEDROOM TO YOUR EXISTING HOUSE. <br /> THE NORTH SYCAMORE AND HAPPY V ALLEY AREAS ARE ON A <br /> CWSED AOUIFER. <br /> . UNLIKE THE OPEN AQUIFER UNDER LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, OR <br /> DUBLIN WHICH IS REPLENISHED BY ZONE 7, THE CITIES CAN PUMP THE <br /> GOOD ZONE 7 WATER OUT OF THE OPEN AQUIFER FOR THE RESIDENTS TO <br /> USE. <br /> THE CLOSED AQUIFER UNDER THE NORTH SYCAMORE AND HAPPY <br /> V ALLEY AREAS AND AREAS ADJACENT TO THEM ARE SUPPLIED WITH <br /> RAIN WATER, ANIMAL URINE, PESTICIDES, INSECTICIDES, FERTILIZER, <br /> ANIMAL EXCREMENT, PETROLEUM RUN-OFF FROM PARKING LOTS, <br /> ROADS, LEACH LINES FROM SEPTIC SYSTEMS, ETC. <br /> THIS CLOSED AOUIFER IS LIKE A BIG BATHTUB UNDER THE <br /> GROUND BEING FED AND MAINTAINED ONLY BY THE MOISTURE AND <br /> I CHEMICALS PUT ON THE SURF ACE OF THE LAND. THE WATER IN THE <br /> ------. <br />