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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. ov ,lIIr'rrr,�.� Socretar_y,,,,Board Q Directors 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