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Trevor. Pitts
1236 B_S_L_P-ETALUMA,-CA-94952-707--765-0420-(-0422-F>Ax)
e-mail: trevor.pitts @pobox.com i' `L E ��
OFFICE
Petaluma City Clerk 05/30/01
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Dear Sir or Madam,
regarding the public meeting on 06/18/01 on water, I will not be present, but I would like to make
the following points:
Firstly I congratulate the new Council for reversing the foolhardy.and,irresponsible decision of the
previous council to delay or veto the expansion plans of the County water coop.
Secondly, I am far more concerned with security of supply of water than I am with its price,
particularly since the contemplated new prices are not high anyway.
Thirdly, I am all in favor of the use of supplies under Petaluma's control, so the more new wells
and storage the better. By the way, I heard from a long time resident that there were once springs
in the area of Oak Hill Park north of the Bodega/Baker St. interchange- is the resource being
used?
ourthly and most important to me,.like,thousands of other Petalumans, I am an enthusiastic
iiiiardener. I would not buy one of the new houses which would have a restricted supply of
landscaping water. The one I did buy has no such restriction, and I would object VEHEMENTLY
to any future restrictions on landscape water. I do not waste water, but I have a large garden in
which tens of thousands of dollars,.and:years of work have been invested. I have many native
plants and not very much lawn.In,a drought, I would be willing to pay a reasonable increase in
water costs to save the garden. BUT, I WANT TO GROW MY CHOICE OF PLANTS. I DO
NOT ACCEPT THAT ANY EXTREME "ENVIRONMENTALIST" PRESSURE GROUP
CAN FORCE THEIR CHOICES ON ME BY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON MY
WATER SUPPLY.
Fifthly, since tertiary treated waste water is as clean or cleaner than Russian River water can we
consider its promotion for as:much'irrigation use as possible? Can we also consider, longterm,
"quaternary" treatment so that the wastewater might supply at least some of our drinking water, if
only by means of recharging suitable aquifers? Were supposed to be in favor of recycling, after
all. By profession, I'm an environmental chemist . I'm sure the technical means exist or will be
developed to safely "recycle" drinking water at some price which will eventually be below the
marginal cost or value of the last available increment of new water supply.
I am sure that many others in the community share my views on most ofthe,above, but are too
busy to communicate them. Please don't let the ecofanaticswho are against everything dominate
the debate.I want to keep my garden full of flowers, birds and butterflies.
sank you, .