Reso 2000-633RESOLUTION NO. 2000-633
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COSTA
MESA SANITARY DISTRICT, IN SUPPORT OF THE
GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM
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 75 percent of its
drinking water from the county's vast groundwater basin, and the other 25
percent from imported sources, such as the Colorado River and northern
California; and
WHEREAS, current and future water policy threaten to limit the
availability of future imported water; 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 proposed supplemental
water purification project, known as the Groundwater Replenishment System,
that could each year provide up to 2000,000 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 wastewater from the Orange County Sanitation District that is currently
sent to the ocean, purify it to near distilled water quality through 100 percent
reverse osmosis, microfiltration and ultraviolet 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
WHEREAS, to produce water from the Groundwater Replenishment
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, Groundwater Replenishment System water can be used for
multiple purposes including household, landscaping, industrial and for
prevention of sea water intrusion; and
WHEREAS, Groundwater Replenishment System water will be available
regardless of rainfall levels or drought conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District and Orange County
Sanitation District are recognized as innovative leaders in water reuse;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors does hereby resolve that
the Costa Mesa Sanitary District 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.
PASSED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors
held on the 13th day of April 2000.
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Costa, Mesa Sanita, y District
President, Board of firectors
Costa Mesa Sanitary District,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, Joan Revak, Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 2000 -633, was duly and regularly
passed and adopted by said Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 13th day of April 2000.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, this 13th day of April 2000.
Clerk of t Mesa Sanitary District