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Legacy Sunflower Apartments Page 104 Mitigated Negative Declaration – March 14, 2019 b) Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project and reasonable foreseeable future development during normal, dry and multiple dry years? Less Than Significant Impact. The project is estimated to consume approximately 33,900 gallons of water per day56. The City has an adequate water supply to meet the demand of the project without significantly impacting the local water supply. The project would have a less than significant impact on water supply. c) Result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider that serves or may serve the project that it has adequate capacity to serve the project’s projected demand in addition to the provider’s existing commitments? Less Than Significant Impact. The Orange County Sanitation Districts treats the wastewater that is generated from the site. The project is estimated to generate approximately 26,982 gallons57 of wastewater per day based on 226 units. The wastewater generated by the project would be required to meet all wastewater treatment requirements of the Regional Water Quality Control Board and the Orange County Sanitation Districts before a wastewater discharge permit would be issued. The receipt of a wastewater discharge permit by the project applicant would ensure the project meets or exceeds the wastewater treatment requirements of the Regional Water Quality Control Board. The proposed project would not exceed the wastewater treatment requirements of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board. The project would have a less than significant impact on wastewater treatment requirements. d) Generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals? Less Than Significant Impact. The construction of the project would generate various types of debris during project demolition and construction. Concrete and asphalt that is removed from the site during demolition can either be ground and reused on the site as base material for driveways or sold to a recycler. Other types of debris such as rocks, metal, wood, etc. that cannot be recycled would be hauled to a County landfill. Once operational, the project is estimated to generate approximately 204 pounds per day58 of solid waste for the residential use. The City contracts with the Waste Management of Orange County in Santa Ana to collect and dispose of the City‘s solid waste. The solid waste is disposed of at the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill located in Irvine and Olinda Alpha Landfill located in Brea, which are operated by the Orange County Integrated Waste Management Department (OCIWMD). The Frank R. Bowerman Landfill is a 725-acre landfill with a maximum daily permitting capacity of 8,500 tons per day and is expected to remain open until 2053. The Olinda Alpha Landfill is a 565-acre site and 420-acres are permitted for refuse disposal, with daily maximum permitted disposal capacity of 8,000 tons. The City of Santa Ana has a Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) to recycle, compost, special waste disposal, and provide public information programs. The City presently diverts approximately 60 percent of the solid waste generated. As required by Assembly Bill 939 (AB 939) and the City’s SRRE, the solid waste generated by the project would be recycled and the materials that cannot be recycled would be hauled to either the Frank R. Bowerman landfill or the Olinda Alpha Landfill in Brea. The city’s waste hauler would actively recycle the solid waste generated by the project to reduce the amount of solid waste that would ultimately be hauled to the two area landfills. The project would not generate a quantity of solid waste 56 55 gallons/person/day (Municipal Water District of Orange County 2015 Urban Water Management Plan target) x 2.24 person s/unit (one-half of State Department of Finance – Table 2: E-5, average person/household, January 1, 2018) x 226 units = 27,843 gallons/day. 57 7516 gallons/acre/day x 3.59 acres = 26,982 gallons/day. Orange County Sanitation Districts, January 24, 2019. 58 http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/. Residential - 4 pounds/day/unit. 6-126