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The Pleasanton City Council received an update from staff last week on the different water supply alternatives to address the contaminated water inside city-operated wells.

Pleasanton residents will have to start paying a little bit more on their water bills after the City Council approved a resolution following a presentation by staff from the Zone 7 Water Agency last week.

PLEASANTON — Anticipated updates to the state’s forever-chemical guidelines could bring the city’s groundwater wells offline as early as Jan. 1, with no clear strategy to make up the deficit.

The Pleasanton City Council authorized staff last week to allocate $363,755 from the water utility enterprise fund and put that money toward a new capital investment project that would develop and analyze water supply alternatives.

The Pleasanton City Council voted unanimously last week to pause the PFAS treatment and wells rehabilitation project, which was intended to address water quality and purification, because of rising costs and other factors.

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