RES-10178 Supporting Groundwater Replenishment SystemRESOLUTION NO. 10178
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE SUPPORTING THE
GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM AND
THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
WATER DISTRICT AND THE ORANGE COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY AND
DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE SOURCES FOR SAFE,
RELIABLE WATER SUPPLIES FOR ORANGE
COUNTY.
WHEREAS, within the next 20 years, Orange County's population is expected to
increase by more than 15 percent, Orange County's need for safe, reliable drinking water also
will increase. We must find innovative ways to secure a safe, new and locally-
contmlled alternate sources of high quality water;
and WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Orange
County Sanitation District (OCSD) have found a cost-effective solution to future water needs
with a supplemental water purification project, known as the Groundwater
Replenishment (GWR)
System; and WHEREAS, the GWR System will take highly treated sewer water from
the Orange County Sanitation District that is currently sent to the ocean and purify it to
near-distilled quality water using the state-of-the-art technologies of
micro filtration, reverse osmosis, and
ultraviolet and hydrogen peroxide disinfection; and WHEREAS, the GWR System will produce a new supply
of water that will expand our seawater barrier to protect our groundwater basin
from ocean contamination, and also help replenish our groundwater basin, minimizing
the impacts of future droughts; and WHEREAS, the GWRS System will
produce near-distilled quality water using less energy than is required
to import water from Northern California; and WHEREAS, the GWR System is
environmentally sound andreuses a precious resource water -
in an arid, drought-prone region;WHEREAS, the GWR System is also diversifying
our water supply portfolio with a new, reliable and locally-controlled source of high
quality water
that is cheaper than future imported water;WHEREAS, GWR System water will
be available regardless of rainfall levels or drought conditions to help support
WHEREAS, the GWR System is a model water project for other communities
throughout the United States and around the world, and the Orange County Water District and
Orange County Sanitation District are recognized as innovative leaders in water reuse; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that City Council of the City of Orange does
hereby support the Groundwater Replenishment System and the efforts of the Orange County
Water District and Orange County Sanitation District to identify and develop alternative sources
for safe, reliable water supplies for Orange County's future.
ADOPTED this 24th day of April, 2007.
ATTEST:
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Mary E. u City of Orange
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 24th day of April, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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Mary E.City Clerk, C y of Orange
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