RES-9906 Supporting Groundwater Replenishment SystemRESOLUTION NO. 9906
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 (OCWD) AND THE ORANGE
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT (OCSD) TO
IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
FOR SAFE, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLIES FOR
ORANGE COUNTY.
WHEREAS, within the next 20 years, Orange County will have a water shortage of
150,000 acre-feet, the amount of water needed for 300,000 families;
and WHEREAS, the northern portion of the County obtains approximately 50 percent
of its drinking water from the county's vast groundwater basin, and the other 50 percent
from imported sources, such as the Colorado River and northern California;
and WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Orange
County Sanitation District (OCSD) have found a cost effective solution to predicted future
water shortages and are sponsoring a supplemental water purification project, known as
the Groundwater Replenishment System, that could each year provide up to 140,000
north-central Orange County families with a new source of safe, reliable, high quality water;
and WHEREAS, the Groundwater Replenishment System would take highly
treated sewer water from the Orange County Sanitation District that is currently sent to the
ocean,purifY it to near distilled water quality through micro filtration, reverse osmosis, and
ultra violet and hydrogen peroxide disinfection technologies, and then use it for a seawater
intrusion barrier and to percolate it through the ground into the Orange County groundwater basin;
and WHEREAS, Groundwater Replenishment System water would be of such
high-quality that it will improve the quality of the County's overall drinking water supply
by reducing the salinity of aquifers; and to produce water from thist System, it will take
one-half the energy currently required to bring imported water to Orange County, making
it much more environmentally friendly and energy
efficient; and WHEREAS, this water can be used for multiple purposes,
including household,landscaping, industrial and for prevention of sea water intrusion, and water will
be available regardless of rainfall levels or drought
conditions; and WHEREAS, the OCWD and the OCSD are recognized as innovative
leaders in
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the 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.
ADOPTED this 28th day of September, 2004.
ATTEST:
M0~~t/~;~k ~rt~ofOrange
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 28th day of September, 2004, by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Ambriz, Murphy, Coontz, Cavecche
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: Alvarez
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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