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Pimlico Drivelttnunrt mrd Pipeline Project Environmental Checklist <br />Protect Description <br />The City of Pleasanton's proposed Pimlico Drive Turnout and Pipeline Project consists of the <br />constntction and operation of the following facilities: <br />• Anew 5,000 gpm turnout connection from the Zone 7 Water Agency 36-inch Cross- <br />Valley "transmission Main, operated and maintained by Zone 7 Water Agency <br />• Anew fluoridation facility housed in a concrete block building, to be operated and <br />maintained by the City of Pleasanton <br />• Approximately 2,700 feet of 20-inch pipeline, to connect the new turnout to the existing <br />water distribution system in Santa Rita Road, to be operated and maintained by the City <br />of Pleasanton <br />• A fluoride injection vault, to be operated and maintained by the City of Pleasanton <br />• A control valve vault station, adjacent to Santa Rita Road south of Pimlico Drive, to be <br />operated and maintained by the City of Pleasanton. <br />The proposed project facilities are shown on Figure 2 <br />Bcickground <br />The City of Pleasanton owns and operates the water distribution system that serves the City and <br />receives most of its water from Zone 7 through six pernranent turnouts (a turnout is a connection <br />to an existing water source) to the City of Pleasanton water distribution system. The water <br />distribution system is divided into a number of water pressure zones and the proposed project is <br />located in the Lower Zone, in the northeast quadrant of the City (City of Pleasanton 2004). <br />Pwpo.se <br />The City plans to construct the proposed project to improve operation of the water storage <br />capacity of the Tassajara Reservoir and to improve water quality in the distribution system. <br />future water demands of the City through build out were presented and analyzed in the City of <br />Pleasanton's 1996 Pleasanton General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (Mundie & <br />Associates 1996), 1996 General Plan (1996b), and were used in developing the 2003 Water <br />Master Plan update (City of Pleasanton 2003). <br />Water is delivered to and from the Tassajara Reservoir currently through an existing 24-inch <br />water pipeline on Santa Rita Road. The overflow water level of Tassajara Reservoir is 10 to I S <br />feet higher than the other Lower Zone reservoirs, and as a result, the reservoir cannot be filled to <br />its full storage capacity under current conditions. The proposed project will tie into the existing <br />24-inch pipeline and provide sufficient increased hydraulic pressure to fill the Tassajara <br />Reservoir to its capacity, and allow better operational use of the reservoir. Improved control <br />capacity of the system with installation of the Santa Rita control valve vault equipment will <br />increase the operational flexibility of the system, which in turn will improve water quality <br />throughout the system. <br />City of Pleasanton 4 Winzler & KcIIy <br />Draft Initial Study/Proposed Negative Declaration August 2006 <br />04263501 <br />