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NOTICE IS H~EBY ~IVEN THAT THE CITY OF ~ANTA ANA IS NOW <br />OPEHATIN~ TO ~HEI~ FULL CAPACITY ITS WELLS AND 1W]HPING EQUIPMENT <br />AND THEREBY TAKING F~OM THE UNDER~ROUND WATERS OF THE SAh'TA ANA <br />RIVE~ VALLEY BASIN WAT~ TO THE ~;AT~i~T OF THE HE~UIREMENTS OF THE <br />CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS, ~0 FAR AS SUCH REQUIRW~-~FfS CAN HE <br />SUPPLIED FROM SAID SOURCE, AND E~PEOTS AND INTENDS TO CONTZL~'E <br />SO TO DO ~v~ IT MAI SO ELECT. <br /> <br /> TH~ CITY DESIRE~ T~AT ITS ~JASON$ FOR, AND PURPOSES IN, <br />SO DOING SHOULD BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD. TO THAT END THE FOLLOWING <br />EXPLANATION AND STATEMENT IS MADE. <br /> <br /> FOR MANY YEARS THE CITY OF SANTA ANA OBTAINED THE ENTIRE <br />WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS FROM WELLS DRAWING <br />WAT~ FROM THE UNDER~ROUND WATERS OF TH~ SANTA ANA RiT~:R VALLEY <br /> <br /> ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER TWENTY NINTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED <br />TWENTY EIGHT, THE CITY BECA~.. A PART OF THE METROPOLITAN WAT]~ <br />DISTRICT OF S0~ CkLIFORNIA AND THEREBY BECA~.. ENTITLED TO <br />RECEIVE WATER BROUGHT FROM THE COLORADO RITER BY SAID DISTRIOT, <br />~ THE SAM~ SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. <br /> <br /> ON ~ULY THIRD, NINETEEN ~ FORTY FOUR, SUCH WATER <br />BEING TH~N AVAILABLE, THE CITY COUNOIL DETERMINED AND DIRECTED <br />THAT ~UCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT WATER BE USED IN THE CITY. <br />SHORTLY THEREAFi~R,' AND PURSUANT TO SAID DIREOTION, SAID CITY <br />BEGAN TAKIN~ FROM SAID DISTRICT THE M~JOR PORTION OF ITS TOTAL <br />WATER R]~UIREMENTS AND HAS OONTI~O~b SO TO DO AT A SUBSTANTIALLY <br />INCREASED COST TO THE CITY. HOWEVER AT ALL TIMES IT HAS MAIN- <br />TAINED ITS WELLS AND PUMPING EQU~ IN READINESS TO TA~E FROM <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br /> <br />