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although it is an idea that the speaker would like to push, it is one that there is not a practical solution if her street is going to be under construction within the next couple of weeks. Tom Ford, 7262 Tina Place, Dublin, commented on the potential sewer rate inct~ease for Pleasanton. Recycled water can develop significant increased revenue for DSRSD and thus favorably affect sewer rates in Pleasanton. At the present time LAFCO plans to send sewer from Dougherty Valley north to Central Sanitary, 22 miles, to be dumped into the Bay. This is wasteful. DSRSD tried but there were three constraints that caused LAFCo to give into Central Sanitary. The sewer plant, which is in Pleasanton and has stunk up the neighborhood, was too small and inadequate and did not have some odor constraints techniques involved in it. These situations are currently being corrected and are a full year ahead of schedule. The second reason that the decision was correct is the pipe export capacity over the hill was clearly a problem. The old plant pipe was rotting and needed repair and it needed additional capacity, according to many people. The third reason is many people thought this was growth inducing. Since that decision we have put in urban limit lines, housing caps, and Measure D. All of these controls the situation considerably, maybe even eliminates them All three constraints caused the decision for the people in the Tri-Valley to ask LAFCo to send the water north. This worked and the water is currently going north. With the constraints, or reasons eliminated, it is quite logical that the water should come this way because we are throwing away about 3,000 acre-feet of effluent. If this is priced at about half of the going price of water, we are talking $1.5 million of water that is being pumped north at great expense and dumped into the Bay. That $1.5 million would go a long way to moderating some of the expenses and increase rates that Pleasanton has just experienced and will experience in the future. All three reasons are no longer reasons to pump north. He stated he supported Mayor Pico and Tom O'Malley's Vision 2010 objective seeking more water for agriculture. This 3,000-acre foot is equal to approximately 5% of the total volume of the water we now get into the Valley for potable purposes. If we get 60,000 or more acre-feet, we are talking 3,000 or 5%. He said that is a significant and an easily achieved free water situation. It comes to us in an interesting way. It comes at a negative value of $100 an acre foot because we don't have to pump it over the hill a high cost. There are some very significant cost advantages to this and the people in South Livermore and other areas that are looking for irrigation sources would love to have more water, particularly in a drought situation. This would also be about 1/7 of the 20,000-acre foot that the agriculture people have recently added to their requirement of 9,000 acre- feet. Water is a critical resource, we should irrigate with recycled water to save potable water for potable water uses. In this proposal, everyone wins, except Central San. San Ramon wants it, DSRSD wants it, Pleasanton would be advantaged, Livermore would pick this up and find uses for the water, and Danville would use it. He urged Pleasanton to seriously review and request DSRSD to initiate a review of the LAFCo decision and try to put a stop to this construction. They don't need to build a pipeline now. They have a temporary pipeline which is adequate for at least a year, maybe for several years. Ple~santon City Council 32 Minutes 07/17/01