HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-071 - Groundwater Replenishment System Initial Expansion ProjectRESOLUTION NO. 2011-071
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA SUPPORTING ORANGE COUNTY WATER
DISTRICT'S GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM
INITIAL EXPANSION PROJECT
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. The Orange County Water District's (OCWD) Groundwater Replenishment
System (GWRS) is an advanced water purification project that improves
local water supply reliability through wastewater reclamation and
groundwater replenishment; and
B. The existing GWRS facility purifies approximately 72,000 acre-feet per year
(afy) of highly treated wastewater, enough to supply 600,000 people; and
C. The GWRS improves the quality of water in our groundwater basin by
adding near-distilled quality water into the aquifer; and
D. OCWD plans to expand its GWRS to treat an additional 31,000 afy of
water, bringing the total production of GWRS facility to 103,000 afy,
enough to meet the needs of nearly 850,000 people ; and
E. Managing Southern California's water resources is critical to the continued
health and economic vitality of the region, including Los Angeles, Orange,
San Diego and Ventura Counties. The region currently loses
approximately 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater daily to ocean outfall due
to a lack of water recycling resources; and
F. The GWRS Initial Expansion will decrease Orange County's dependency
on imported water from the State Water Project and the Colorado River;
and
G. The GWRS produces water using one-half of the energy required to
import water from the State Water Project; and
H. The GWRS Initial Expansion will create hundreds of local jobs through
development, construction and operation of the project; and
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I. The GWRS Initial Expansion will produce ultra-pure water at a cost
competitive with the cost of importing water. The demand and price of
imported water is increasing at the same time supply is decreasing. The
more Orange County invests in water recycling, the less dependent it will
be on imported water.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana supports the
Groundwater Replenishment System Initial Expansion Project.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting
this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 7th day of November, 2011.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph Straka
Interim City Attorney
By:?z 'Uzzill
Laura Sheedy
Assistant City Attorney
YES: Councilmembers: Alvarez Benavides, Bustamante, Martinez, Pulido,
Tinaiero Sarmiento (7)
NOES: Councilmembers: None 0
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: None (0)
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, Maria D. Huizar, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2011-071 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on November 7, 2011.
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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