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Land Use The City is responsible for land use policy for most of the area served by the Water System (as the Water System also serves small areas of the cities of Garden Grove and Orange, and unincorporated Orange County). Relatively little undeveloped land exists within the City. A condition of new or in -fill development is that the developer provide infrastructure sufficient to provide water service for each lot in the proposed development. The City anticipates servicing these customers from the purchase of additional supplies from its resources described in "Water Sources and Supply; Water Purchases" below. The Project; Future Water System Improvements See "THE FINANCING PLAN — The Project" herein for a description of the improvements to the Water System anticipated to be financed by the proceeds of the Bonds. While the City has an ongoing capital improvement plan with respect to repair and replacement of facilities as needed, it does anticipate new major capital improvements in the next five years which are eligible to be financed by the proceeds of the Bonds. These new improvements include the drilling and construction of a new water supply well, the construction and installation of advanced metering infrastructure, relocation of MWD turnout valve, additional water main improvements throughout the City, improvements to Well 32, construction of a perimeter wall for South Station and construction of a new well. Storage Capacity The City's existing 45 million gallons of storage capacity provides the Water System with one day (based on average daily use) of emergency supplies. The City also maintains interconnections with the cities of Orange, Fountain Valley and Tustin, and with the Mesa Water District, which serve adjacent areas, that could provide water in the event of an emergency. Water Sources and Supply; Water Purchases The City presently relies on local groundwater for 72% of its water supply. The City owns and operates a total of 20 wells located within the City limits. Total capacity is 42,000 gallons per minute ( "GPM "), or 60.3 million gallons per day ( "MGD "). In addition, the City is a charter member of MWD. As such, it has rights to the water supply of MWD on a parity basis with other member agencies of MWD. The City relies on MWD for 28% of its water supply at the present time. The cost of purchasing MWD water is three times greater than the cost of pumping local groundwater. The lower Santa Ana River groundwater basin, from which the City pumps its water, is under the jurisdiction of the Orange County Water District ( "OCWD "). The City is a member of OCWD, along with other Orange County cities and water districts which overlie the groundwater basin. OCWD has a comprehensive ground -water replenishment system that includes the injection of highly treated wastewater into the groundwater basin to prevent seawater intrusion and to replenish the basin by spreading at the Anaheim forebay. In the past, sea water intrusion has been a problem in portions of the basin. The member cities of OCWD, including the City, are each allocated a portion of the cost of the groundwater recharge program, depending on a number of factors. The groundwater basin has been relatively stable during this current drought, and the City does not anticipate any curtailment of its ability to pump local groundwater for its service needs. Orange County Water District Groundwater Basin The following information regarding OCWD has been obtained from OCWD and sources that the Authority believes to be reliable, but the Authority takes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness hereof. Additional information about OCWD may be obtained from OCWD's website at www.ocwd.com. No information contained in such website is incorporated herein by reference. EOOIIZA [�%: 20