By BARBARA PROFFITT | August 12, 2026

On Saturday, Aug. 8, the Pleasanton City Council held a special meeting for the purposes of discussing water system repairs, potential clerk appointments and potential new hires for the public works department.

The meeting began with a report from Josh Ralle, Water Operator, regarding the pumps needed for the water system at the East Lake. Ralle told the council that it will take 10-12 weeks to get the pumps built and on site and then another three days, at a minimum, to install them. In the discussion that followed Ralle’s report, it was noted that other than diagrams, there are no records regarding the pumps and when asked why records were not kept, Ralle replied, “I would have, but I wasn’t even born then.”

He added that the pumps that are currently in place have been since 1993 and stated that if one pump comes out they all three have to come out. He reiterated that it would take three days to complete the replacement and the system would have to shut down for that time frame and the city would run out of water within two days. He added that would require a boil order and that he would prefer to have a backup supply, possibly through PWWSD13, in place so that the city doesn’t run out of water in the process; or, barring any delays or problems on the replacement work. Talks then turned to funding and other options. That connection was noted in a previous meeting to cost more than $600,000.