HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1966 - 0115RESOLUTION NO.66-115
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS 1,2,3,5,6,
7 AND 11,OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,REQUEST
ING CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR A STUDY
TOWARD SECURING A WATER POLLUTION LABORATORY
WHEREAS,Public Law 660,84th Congress,the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act,as originally enacted and subsequently a-
mended,has the intent and purpose of enhancing the quality and
value of the nationts water resources,and
WHEREAS,said Act,as amended in 1961,provided for estab
lishing,equipping and maintaining field laboratories and research
facilities including,but not limited to,one in the northeastern
area of the United States,one in the Middle Atlantic area,one in
the southeastern area,one in the midwestern area,one in the
southwestern area,one in the Pacific Northwest and one in the State
of Alaska,and
WHEREAS,one such laboratory has been provided in the
southwestern area,namely,at Ada,Oklahoma,a region of plentiful
rainfall and humid climate,and
WHEREAS,in other portions of the southwestern area there
exist highly populated,semi-arid regions dependent upon imported
water supplies for continuing existence and future growth,and
WHEREAS,the reuse of existing water supplies needs thorough
technical and economic investigation and comparison with other means~
for obtaining and augmenting the supplies for present and future use:
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Boards of Directors
of the County Sanitation Districts most respectfully memorialize the
Honorable Senator Thomas H.Kuchel of the Congress of the United
States to seek authorization,with appropriate funding,for the
explicit purpose bf the Department of the Interior studying and
reporting to the Congress the advisability of establishing another
•water laboratory within the far southwestern area for studying
problems peculiar to the area,and making appropriate recommendations
for the specific location of such a laboratory within that area.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
53.
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.]j~was regularly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said Boards on the 14th day
of Septe~bet ,196 6,by the following vote,to wit:
AYES:altcctore ~i.Harvey (Chatr~an),A~o~Bartlett.
13ous~an,Bowen,Brown,Crapo,Cu1ver~Furman,Cruber,
HOCk~C1Lf ton 1.~1iler,Harry ~4tller,P~rk~,P~.rsone,
Porter,Schutte,Sehwerdtfo~er)Speer,$tewart,Waiters,
Workman and Alien
NOES:t~one
ABSENT:Dire~tor Guuw~ero
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand this 1~4th
day of Septe~bet ,1966
a.
Fre A.Harper,Secretary,
Boards of Directors,County Sanitation
Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11,
of Orange County,California