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City of Pleasanton—Additional Housing Sites Rezonings Project <br />CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 Addendum Addendum <br /> <br /> <br /> 135 <br />However, future development consistent with the proposed project would be <br />built using new building standards for water efficiency and would be <br />designed to use less water than existing development. Future development <br />consistent with the proposed project would also occur incrementally over <br />time, based on market conditions and other factors, such that existing water <br />services are not overburdened by substantially increased demands at any <br />single point in time. <br />Additionally, the General Plan includes goals and policies to help conserve <br />water. Chapter 8, Water Element, of the General Plan Goal 1, “preserve and <br />protect water resources and supply for long-term sustainability,” includes <br />Policy 1 that ensures sustainability by promoting the conservation of water <br />resources. Goal 4 is to provide sufficient water supply and promote water <br />safety and security, and includes policies to ensure an adequate water <br />system and a high-quality water supply for existing and future development <br />as well as to maintain an adequate reserve of water in storage facilities. The <br />CAP 2.0 also includes Strategy WR-1, which focuses on the prioritization of a <br />sustainable, healthful water supply and storage. Finally, the Water Element <br />includes policies and goals to ensure that the provision of water to supply <br />development consistent with the proposed project does not result in <br />environmental effects. Policy 3 includes several programs to protect the <br />quality and quantity of surface water and groundwater resources in the city. <br />For example, Program 3.1 prohibits the use of water reclamation techniques <br />that could adversely affect or have potentially negative impacts on <br />groundwater resources. <br />As such, the proposed project would not increase water demand beyond <br />what was already evaluated in the Housing Element Update FEIR nor any of <br />the plans to provide replacement water. Therefore, impacts would be <br />consistent with or less than the conclusions of the Prior FEIR, and the proposed <br />project would not result in a new or more severe adverse impact that was <br />not previously identified and disclosed in the Prior FEIR. No further analysis is <br />required.