RES-10407 Encouraging Voluntary Water Conservation by All City Water CustomersRESOLUTION NO. 10407
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE ENCOURAGING VOLUNTARY
WATER CONSERVATION BY ALL CITY OF
ORANGE WATER CUSTOMERS.
WHEREAS, a reliable minimum supply of potable water is essential to the public
health, safety and welfare of the people and economy of the Southern California region; and
WHEREAS, Southern California is a semi-arid region and is largely dependent
upon imported water supplies. A growing population, climate change, environmental concerns,
and other factors in other parts of the State and western United States, make the region
highly susceptible to water supply reliability issues;
and WHEREAS, Orange County depends on imported water from Northern
California and the Colorado River to meet approximately half of its supply demand; with the balance
of theCounty's demand being met by local groundwater via a large basin under north
and central Orange County, smaller basins in south Orange County, and through local
water recycling and conservation;
and WHEREAS, water supplies from Northern California have been severely
impacted by dry conditions, lower-than-normal snow pack, and environmental
constraints in the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Bay-Delta region (Bay-Delta); and WHEREAS, throughout the State water reserves are
being drawn out of storage from reservoirs and from underground basins to
meet consumer demandfor water; and WHEREAS, Orange County's large north
and central groundwater basin is being drawn down both to lessen the demand on diminished imported
supplies and due to the local drought conditions, which have reduced the amount of
Santa Ana River flow water
available to refill the basin; and WHEREAS, if prolonged drought
conditions continue along the Colorado River,pumping of water though the Bay-
Delta is significantly curtailed, and local drought conditions prevail, mandatory
water conservation measures may become necessary; and WHEREAS, adopting more
proactive voluntary water conservation habits today is the responsible thing to do and will help ensure
Orange has enough water to maintain
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that City Council of the City of Orange
encourages every City of Orange Water customer to voluntarily reduce their water usage by
ten percent (10%) through proactive water conservation, which will help the region get
through this very dry time and regulatory reduction in State Water Project supply, extend
available water reserves, and help reduce the severity of potential water shortages in the
future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Orange urges
state leaders to move expeditiously to implement a comprehensive, long-term solution to
the Delta's broken water delivery system before further damage is done to the State's
water supply, economy, and
environment.ADOPTED this 13th day of October,
2009
ATTEST:Mary ~~~~~, City Clerk, C~
range 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 13th day of October, 2009, by
the following
vote:AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS:Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru,
Bilodeau NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS:
None ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS:
None ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS:
None Mary E ,City Cler of
Orange