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RESOLUTION NUMBER 4112,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH IN SUPPORT OF THE JOINT ORANGE COUNTY WATER
DISTRICT/ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
GROUND~ATER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM
WHEREAS, within the next 20 years, Orange County will have a water shortage of 150,000
acre-feet, the amount of water needed for 300,000 families; and
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 imported
water, and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Orange County Sanitation
District (CSD) have found a cost-effective solution to predicted future water
shortages and are sponsoring a proposed supplemental water purification project,
known as 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, the Groundwater Replenishment System would take highly treated 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 and ultraviolet disinfection technologies and then use it for a
seawater intrusion barrier and to percolate it through the ground into the Orange
County groundwater basin, and
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
reducing the salinity of aquifers; and
WHEREAS, to produce water from the Groundwater Replenishment System, it will take one-
half the 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 purposes
including household, landscaping, industrial and for prevention of sea water
intrusion and will be available regardless of rainfall levels or drought conditions;
and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District and Orange County Sanitation District are
recognized as innovative leaders in water reuse.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach does
hereby support the Groundwater Replenishment System and the efforts of the Orange County
Water District and Orange County Sanitation District to identify and develop alternative source
for safe, reliable water supplies for Orange County..
NOES:
PASSlIP, ~PROVE
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AYES: councilmember~
y the City Council of the City of Seal Beach on
, 1999 by the following vote:
Council members
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Resolution Number #77;;J."
ST ATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number~71L on file in the office of the City
Clerk, passed, approved, and ado~y the City counci~ City of S~Beach, at a regular
meeting thereof held on the ~L day of '-'~;6'J ~99.
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