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Cabrillo Town Center <br />WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT FEBRUARY 13, 2023 <br />14 <br />3. REGIONAL WATER SUPPLIES AND DEMANDS <br />3.1 CITY WATER SUPPLIES <br />The City of Santa Ana obtains its water through its regional wholesaler, Metropolitan Water <br />District of Southern California (Metropolitan), local groundwater from Orange County <br />Groundwater Basin (OC Basin), and recycled water from the Orange County Water District <br />(OCWD). <br /> The City’s 27.5 square mile water services covers the City of Santa Ana and a small <br />neighborhood in the City of Orange, near Tustin Avenue and Fairhaven by the northeast corner <br />of Santa Ana. The city operates ten reservoirs with a storage capacity of 49 million gallons (MG), <br />seven pumping stations, 21 groundwater wells, four pressure regulating stations, and seven <br />import water connections. The City maintains 510-mile water main systems with 45,037 service <br />connections. Currently the City relieves on 76 percent groundwater, 23 percent imported <br />water, and 1 percent recycled water3. The City’s water supply portfolio is expected to change to <br />84 percent groundwater, 15 percent imported, and 1 percent recycled water. See Table 4 <br />summarizing the City’s recent water supply to satisfy demands from 2020. <br />Table 4 City of Santa Ana Actual Demands for Potable and Non-Potable Water <br />Actual 2020 <br />Use Type Volume (AF) <br />Single Family 11,916 <br />Multi-Family 9,872 <br />Commercial 5,364 <br />Industrial 987 <br />Institutional/Governmental 1,788 <br />Landscape 1,349 <br />Losses 1,940 <br />Other 24 <br />Total 33,240 <br />Note: <br />1. Values per the City of Santa Ana 2020 UWMP, Table 4-1 <br />As shown in Table 4 above, the actual demand for water in 2020 was 33,240. In the past decade <br />the City has an annual average of 36,245 AF. The City’s water use in the last five years <br />3 2020 Urban Water Management Plan. Found here: <br />https://www.santa-ana.org/urban-water-management-plan/