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OFSOUT~KN OALIFORNIA, AND THE INOKEASING U~E OF WATER THROUGH <br />INTENSE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AREA, IT APPEAHS HIGHLY PROBABLE <br />THAT SANTA ANA WILL BE REDUOED TO ITS ULTIMATE ENTITLEMENT WITHIN <br /> <br /> WHEN THAT TT~ COMES SANTA ANA CANSOT BE ADEQUATELY <br />SUPPLIED WITH WATER WITHOUT HEA¥~ DRAFTS ON THE UNDERGROUND <br />WATERS, EVEN ON T~ BASIS OF ITS PRESENT USES. SANTA ANA IS <br />WXPERIENCING A D~¥mLOPMENT EQUAL TO THAT OF ANY PART OF <br />METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT AND ITS USE OF WATER IS RAPIDLY <br />IN~REA~ING AND WILL ~ONTINUE TO INCREASE. <br /> <br /> A?.~O, IF 0~ AREAS A~E ADDED TO THE METROPOLITAN WATER <br />DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AS NOW SF~u.~ POSSIBLE, SANTA <br />ANA'S ENTIT?-~mn~NT TO COLORADO RA¥',:~ WATER W~.?- HE PROPORTIONATELY <br /> <br /> IT THUS APPEARS THAT SANTA ANA'S FUTURE IS DSPENDF~T <br />UPON TM]~ USE OF T~E UNDERGROURD ~ATEES. T~ PRICELESS <br /> <br />01~ SANT~ ANA'$ HISTORIC RIGHTS IN ~ESE ~IDERGROUltD %~ATERS MUST <br />NOT ~E LOST OR IB&PAIRED. <br /> <br /> IT IS THEREFORE PROJ~ER FOR THE OITY TO DECLARE, AND IT <br />DOES HEREBY OPEatT~Y AiqD FI~LY <br /> <br /> 1ST - THAT IT OWNS, AND 32qTEND~ TO ~$x~OI~, THE RIGHT <br />TO TAws. FROM THE WATERS OF THE ~NDERGHOUND BASIN OF THE SANTA <br />ANA RzV~.R VALLEY, BY MEANS OF WEV.Y-~ AND PUMPING EQUIPMENT OR <br />OTHERWISE, WATER FOR SUPPLTING T~E NEEDS OF ITSELF AND ITS IN- <br />HABITAlqTS, TO THE FULL ~xT~JqT OF SUCH ~ SO FAR AS IT IS <br />pHYBIOA].].Y PRA~TIOABLE SO TO DO. <br /> <br /> 2ND - THAT IT HAS NOT ABANDONED, HELINQUISHED, OURTAILED <br />OR IN ANY NAISTER AFFEOTED ITS RIGHTS IN AND TO SAID UNDERGROUND <br />WATERS THROUGH THE ABOVE MENTIONED PR0(H~AM OF 0URTAILMElqT AND <br />CONSERVATION OR OTHERWISE: <br /> <br /> 3RD - THAT SAID PROGRA~ OF ~]RTAILMENT AND C01~VATION <br />WAS VOLUNTARILY UNDERTAE~N TO CONSERVE THE UNDERGROU-RD WATERS <br />FOR THE FUTU~ U~E OF THE 0 ITY OF SANTA ANA AND AS A MATTER OF <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br /> <br />