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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: C1 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 8 Mary E.City Clerk, C y of Orange lResa 10178