Bolinas is one step closer to expanding its emergency water supply to help it weather future droughts. Last month, the county approved coastal development permits that will allow the Bolinas Community Public Utility District to connect two wells to its water distribution system. One is located at 31 Wharf Road, where the Bolinas Community Land Trust plans to build an affordable apartment complex. The other is located at the Resource Recovery site on the Olema-Bolinas Road and currently provides water for irrigating the playing fields at Mesa Park. “The droughts have really motivated us to incorporate these wells into our system,” said Georgia Woods, the utility district’s general manager. “They’re not going to solve our water shortage issues, but these wells are important. If we have another source of water during dire times, it will make things a lot easier.” The Wharf Road well could produce between 80 and 130 gallons per minute, according to an engineering report. Its water will be stored in a 4,600-gallon tank enclosed in a utility shed. The district plans to install 270 feet of pipeline to connect it to an existing water main on the road. The Wharf Road well is one of two test wells the land trust drilled for the apartment complex, which yielded more water than the project required. The Olema-Bolinas Road well has been pumping water from the Resource Recovery site to a storage tank on the mesa that is used for watering the baseball and soccer fields next to the fire station. Its water is not drinkable, but the district plans to install a treatment system with disinfection and chlorination units. The water will be stored in two 4,600-gallon tanks, and 220 feet of pipeline will connect them to a water main on Mesa Road. Ms. Woods said the district hopes to finish construction at both sites sometime in the fall. Bolinas relies on water from two small reservoirs and the Arroyo Hondo Creek. Because its water supply is scarce, the town has maintained a moratorium on new water connections since the 1970s. For now, after a wet winter, water levels in the creek are looking good. “The Hondo is flowing,” Ms. Woods said.