HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 99-089 t RESOLUTION NO. 99-89
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
· -, CALIFORNIA OF SUPPORT GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT
~ SYSTEM A JOINT EFFORT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY WATER
~ DISTRICT AND THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
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WHEREAS, within the next 20 years, Orange County will have a water shortage of
6 150,000 acre-feet, the mount of water needed for 300,000 families; and
7 WHEREAS, the northern portion of the county obtains 75 percent of its drinking
water from the county's vast groundwater basin, and the other 25 percent from imported
sources, such as the Colorado River and northern California; and
WHEREAS, current and future water policy threaten to limit the availability of future
j, 0 imported water; and
tl WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Orange County
Sanitation District (OCSD) have found a cost-effective solution to predicted future water
12 shortages and are sponsoring a proposed supplemental water purification project, known as
23 the Groundwater Replenishment System, that could each year provide up to 200,000 north-
central Orange County families with a new source of safe, reliable, high quality water; and
WHEREAS, Groundwater Replenishment System would take highly treated
15 wastewater from the Orange County Sanitation District that is currently sent to the ocean,
purify it to near distilled water quality through 100 percent reverse osmosis, microfiltration
i 6 and ultraviolet disinfection technologies, and then use it for a seawater intrusion barrier and to
17 percolate it through the-ground into the Orange County groundwater basin; and
15 WHEREAS, Groundwater. Replenishment System water would be of such high-
quality that it will improve the quality of the County's overall drinking water supply by
1 ~ reducing the salinity of aquifers; and
20~ WHEREAS, to 'produce water from the Groundwater Replenishment System, it will
2! take one-half of energy currently required to bring imported water to Orange County, making
- it much more environmentally friendly and energy efficient; and
WHEREAS, Groundwater Replenishment System water can be used for multiple
2,3 purposes including household, landscaping, industrial and for prevention of sea water
intrusion; and
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WHEREAS, Groundwater Replenishment System water will be available regardless
25 of rainfall levels or drought conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District and Orange County Sanitation District
27 are recognized as innovative leaders in water reuse;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Tustin does hereby
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support the Groundwater Replenishment System and the efforts of the Orange County Water
-~ District and Orange County Sanitation District to identify and develop altemative sources for
safe, reliable water supplies for Orange County;
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
4 Tustin held on the 18th day of October 1999.
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RESOLUTION CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ')
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF TUSTIN )
RESOLUTION NO. 99-89
Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Coun~:il is
five; that the above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on the. 18TM day of October, 1999, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Worley, Thomas, Doyle, Potts, Saltarelli
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: None
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED None
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: None
Pamela Stoker, City Clerk