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City of Pleasanton <br />Final Water Supply Assessment <br />Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project <br />3.0 Water Supply Planning <br />The UWMP adopted in 2002 includes potential water demands that would be generated by land <br />uses designated by the 1989 Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan, including 100 acres of commercial <br />development and a 17.2 acre community park on the Staples Ranch project site. In 1989 when the <br />Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan was adopted no land use and water supply planning legislation <br />existed in Califomia. In fact, the first legislation of this type was passed in the early 1990's. <br />Potential water demands were estimated for the land uses of the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan; <br />however, a 20 year gap exists between the adopted Specific Plan in project implementation. <br />Moreover, within this 20 year period, land use and water supply planning has evolved and water <br />demand factors associated with specific land uses or facilities has been refined. With that <br />understanding, this WSA, per the requirements of SB 610 calculates the water demands of the <br />current proposed project by assigning water demands factors associated with these proposed uses. <br />4.1.5 "Is groundwater a component of the supplies for the <br />project <br />The requirements of Water Code Section 10910(f), parts 1 through 5, apply if groundwater is a <br />source of supply for a Project. Both Pleasanton and Zone 7 extract groundwater to supplement <br />other water supply sources. Zone 7 has a GMP that establishes management plan elements, GMP <br />goals, basin management objectives (BMOs), and stakeholder involvement. As a water retailer, <br />Pleasanton along with, the California Water Service Company (CWSC) of Livermore, and the Dublin <br />San Ramon Services District have agreed to groundwater extraction limits known as a Groundwater <br />Pumping Quota (GPQ). These limits help to maintain groundwater basin storage. The total annual <br />GPQ for these thee retail water agencies is approximately 6,600 acre feet. The safe yield of the Tri- <br />Valley's groundwater basin is approximately 13,400 acre -feet per year. There are additional <br />groundwater uses from the agricultural and mining industries located in the Valley. However, the <br />annual uses from these industries remain less than the "net" safe yield of the local groundwater <br />basin. <br />4.1.6 "Are There Sufficient Supplies to Serve the Project Over <br />the Next Twenty Years <br />The final step in the SB 610 process is to illustrate the available water supplies, including the <br />availability of these supplies in all water -year conditions (normal, single dry year and multiple dry <br />years) over a 20 -year planning horizon, and an assessment of how these supplies relate to project <br />specific and cumulative demands over that same 20 -year period. In this case, the period is <br />projected to 2030. The regional and local supply and demand comparisons are included in <br />Section 6. <br />6 Govemment Code Section 66473.7(a)(2) states: <br />'Suffident water supply' means the total water supplies variable during a normal, single -dry, and multiple -dry years <br />within a 20 -year projection that will meet the projected demand assodated with the propose subdivision, in addition <br />to existing and planned future uses, including, but not limited to agricultural and Industrial uses. In determining <br />'sufficient water supply', all of the following factors shall be considered: <br />(e) The availability of water supplies over a historical record of at least 20 years. <br />(fl Water that includes actions to analysis prepared <br />system In response Secdon 1ers the <br />shortages. <br />(g) The reduction in water supply allocated to specific water use sector pursuant to a resolution or ordinance <br />adopted or a contract entered Into, by the public water system, a long as that resolution, ordinance, or <br />contract does not conflict with Section 354 of the Water Code. <br />(h) The amount of water that the water supplier can reasonably rely on receiving from other water supply projects, <br />such as conjunctive use, reclaimed water, water conservation, and water transfer, including program identified <br />under federal, state, and local water Initiatives such as CALFED and Colorado Rfver tentative agreements, to <br />the extent that these water supplies meet the criteria of subdivision (d). <br />vwropes.wv0104I1a.wmain Ranch rwa►aoo <br />4-4 <br />