HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1961 - 0971-1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 11RESOLUTION NO.971
DECLARATION OF POLICY WITH
REGARD TO WATER RECLAMATION
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,
5,6,7 AND 11 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
ESTABLISHING AND DECLARING POLICY WITH REGARD
TO RECLAMATION OF WATER FROM SEWAGE ItT PLANT
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WHEREAS,there exists a continuing and growing need for
additional sources of useable water in Orange County,and
WHEREAS,one of said sources is the reuse of reclaimed water
from sewage,moat of which at present is being wasted to the ocean,
and
WHEREAS,these Boards believe that reclamation and reuse of
water from sewage in Orange County should be thoroughly studied and
if feasible should be put into effect,and
WHEREAS,at the present time there is arriving at Plant No.1
of the Districts,located at Ellis Avenue and Verano Street In the
City of Fountain Valley,approximately 15,000 acre feet annually of
waste water of a mineral quality reasonably good for most uses,and
WHEREAS,said 15,000 acre feet annually of said water is
expected to increase materially in the future to approximately
50,000 acre feet annually within the next twenty years,and
WHEREAS,said waste water requires treatment prior to disposal
in the ocean In order to meet State and County requirements as well
as to meet the basic obligation of the Districts to prevent pollution
of the ocean and recreational areas and the Districts now provide
primary treatment therefor,and
WHEREAS,it is expected that prior to 1965 facilities for the
secondary treatment of said waste water at said Plant No.1 will be
in service in order to meet said basic obligation,and
WHEREAS,cost of said treatment is an obligation of the
Districts,and
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WHEREAS,these Boards -believe that for various legal and
practical reasons,the Districts should not engage in the con
struction or operation of reclamation facilities but should deliver
free of charge secondary treated,unchlorinated water from sewage
to a public agency for any further necessary treatment and con
veyance to the point of use;
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
1.That the Boards of Directors of these Districts urge that
all methods of reclamation of water from sewage In Orange County and
all methods for the conservation of water discharged to the sewers
in Orange County be thoroughly investigated;and
2.That if such studies prove said reclamation to be feasible
that an appropriate public agency make all possible efforts to put
said reclamation Into effect at the earliest possible date;and
3.That the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County,
California will deliver If and when available to an appropriate
public agency at no cost a minimum of 15,000 acre feet annually of
secondary treated water from sewage of reasonable mineral quality
at or near the Intersection of the Santa Ana River and Garfield
Avenue at an elevation of approximately twenty (20)feet above sea
level.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I,FRED A.HARPER,Secretary of the Boards of Directors of
County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 of Orange
County,California,do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
ResolutIon No.971 was regularly passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of said Boards on the 9th day of 4ugust,1961,by the
following roll call vote,to wit:
AYES:Directors Cornwell,Bell,Boer,Cook,DeCamp,Dunham,
Fry,Furman,Leonard,Hall,Hirstein,Hock,
Kanr.o,Humeston,Lambert,Lorenz,Meyers,
McBratney,Parks,Schweitzer,Stewart and
Walker
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NOES:Directors None
ABSENT:Directors Baroldi,Pellerin and Stoddard
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day
of August,1961.
Fred A.Harper,Secretar3r~’~he
Boards of Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7
and 11 of Orange County,California
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