Item 28 - Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan

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Santa Ana 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan 2-1 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION The City is one of the oldest cities in Orange County that was incorporated in 1886 and became an original member agency of MET on February 27, 1931. The City is governed by a non-partisan seven- member City Council, elected to serve staggered four-year terms, except for the Mayor, who serves a two-year term. The City Council appoints the City Manager and various members of commissions, committees, and citizen advisory groups, all of which may weigh in on water management issues and decisions for the City. 2.1 City Service Area The City is in the heart of Orange County and rated eleventh largest in California. The City’s Water Utility provides water service within a 27.5 square mile service area that includes the City of Santa Ana and a small neighborhood in the City of Orange, near Tustin Avenue and Fairhaven by the northeast corner of Santa Ana. The City’s water service area is shown in Figure 2-1. The City operates ten reservoirs with a storage capacity of 49 million gallons, seven pumping stations, 21 groundwater wells, four pressure regulating stations and seven import water connections and manages 510.1-mile water mains system with 45,037 service connections.