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felt the water agencies have become untrustworthy because of Dougherty Valley. She said eventually the City might have to use an RO system, but that right now the City has a good system. She said the public is being asked to take risks that are unnecessary. She did not see the urgency with the RO project. She was not ready to drink injected water. She has not heard anything yet that ensured the water would not harm anyone. She encouraged people to read the Safe Water Committee's report. Bobbi Pollard, 3231 Vineyard Avenue, #55, indicated she has been aware of this project for the last four years and supported the RO project or any project that would recycle natural resources and improve the water supply. She said children are taught to recycle. The adults should recycle and use Dublin and San Ramon as an example. Donna Cabanne, 4086 Loch Lomand, urged Council to oppose direct injection of RO treated water into the drinking water until a point in time that the Council could provide adequate assurance of public safety. The project in Livermore is only one year old. She said this does not represent a significant testing period. She felt the testing period should be at least five years to ensure the public of reasonable safety. She wondered who would monitor the project after it is in place, how often and who would pay for the monitoring. She believed the question of future liability had not been addressed and who would pay the clean up costs if the water tables become contaminated. The removal of organic compounds has not been addressed. She said RO treated water should be used for other purposes. She does not want to be a guinea pig. If the drinking water is contaminated the consequences will be enormous for generations. She said there is no justification for direct RO injection. Why move forward with a project that the City does not need, that is expensive and risks the health of the public. She asked Council not to gamble with the drinking water and to reject this project until a minimum of five years of testing has been completed and analyzed. Geoff Cooper, 7534 Flagston Drive, said the perception of safety is an important issue as well as the battle between the engineers. He was disappointed that the staff report accepted the technical statements from the agencies promoting this. He felt the report gave an unfair characterization of the people as being uneducated about the project. He read from a report by the National Research Council supporting the project. He felt not all the studies have been done. He felt the City Council should consider why the permits for injection for DSRSD do not take any of these studies into account. He said there is still a perception of risk. He said common sense tells him that the RO water should not be injected into the groundwater. He said there are many other uses that have not even been considered. He said this project is being used as a demonstration project and if accepted the RO stations will eventually end up all over California. He felt this project would deter people from visiting or living in Pleasanton. He felt the sewer lines should be fixed so there is no longer any infiltration. He did not want to subject future generations to drinking sewage water. He talked about how the system works and that the membranes would not catch all the contaminants. He saw no need to use RO water for drinking. He would like this to go to the vote of the people. He said if RO is a necessary part Pleasanton City Council 8 09/08/98 Minutes