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<br />Water Quality <br /> <br />Goal 3: Ensure a high level of water quality and quantity at a reasonable cost, and improve water <br />quality through production and conservation practices which do not negatively impact the <br />environment. <br /> <br />Policy 4: Protect the quality and quantity of surface water and groundwater resources ill the <br />Planning Area. <br /> <br />Program 4.1: Do not utilize water reclamation techniques, including reverse osmOSiS, <br />which could adversely affect or have potentially negative impacts on drinking water quality, <br />surface waters, or groundwater resources. <br /> <br />Program 4.2: Work with Zone 7 to monitor water-quality levels and test for pollution, <br />including diazinon, of arroyos and aquifers to ensure that Pleasanton's drinking water is <br />not contaminated with pollutants. <br /> <br />Program 4.3: Continue to monitor water quality in existing business-park monitoring <br />wells. <br /> <br />Program 4.4: To preserve areas with prime percolation capabilities, do not permit projects <br />that use toxic chemicals including herbicides in water recharge areas, such as adjacent to <br />arroyos. <br /> <br />Program 4.5: Coordinate with Zone 7 to control pollutant discharges and increase public <br />education regarding the use of pesticides, such as diazinon, and the use of herbicides. <br /> <br />Program 4.6: Prohibit new septic systems, automobile dismanders, waste disposal <br />facilities, industries utilizing toxic chemicals, and other potentially polluting uses in areas <br />where pollution could impact flood waters, groundwater, streams, creeks, or reservoirs. <br /> <br />Program 4.7: To the extent compatible with the goal of maintaining water quality and <br />public safety, retain water recharge areas, if feasible, as permanent open space accessible to <br />the public. <br /> <br />Program 4.8: Coordinate with the Dublin-San Ramon Services District to investigate cost- <br />effective sewage treatment and disposal methods that utilize reclaimed wastewater for <br />productive use and that protect the quality of the groundwater supply. <br /> <br />Program 4.9: Support the policies and programs contained in the Water Quality Control <br />Plan for the San Francisco Bay Basin to the extent they are consistent with the City's <br />policies for water quality. <br /> <br />Program 4.10: Protect watershed lands in Southern Pleasanton south of Casdewood Drive <br />for purposes of water quality, flood control, and biological diversity. <br /> <br />Policy 5: To ensure sustainability, promote the conservation of water resources. <br /> <br />Con OS EJcment, CC 082906, dean <br /> <br />VII-37 <br /> <br />City Council 8/29/2006 <br />