HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1994 - 0061RESOLUTION NO.94-61
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,
7,11,13 AND 14 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,
DECLARING POLICY WITH REGARD TO WATER RECLAMATION
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WHEREAS,County Sanitation Districts of Orange County,
California (“Districts”)provide wastewater collection,treatment
and disposal services to serve all or part of 23 Cities and
unincorporated areas occupying the central and northwestern areas
of Orange County;and,
WHEREAS,the statewide water supply is becoming increasingly
unreliable;and,
WHEREAS,recycled wastewater has been widelky used as a
source of water in the State of California for nearly a century;
and,
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 treated wastewater;and,
WHEREAS,the Districts have long supported and continue to
support the beneficial reuse of wastewater,wastewater processing
residuals and by—products;and,
WHEREAS,in 1961,the Districts adopted a policy urging that
all methods of reclamation of water from sewage in Orange County
be thoroughly investigated;and,
WHEREAS,in 1972,the Districts and the Orange County Water
District (OCWD)entered into a cooperative agreement to reclaim
15 million gallons per day of Districts’secondary effluent for
beneficial reuse purposes,which said reclaimed water has been
successfully used for greenbelt irrigation and to provide a
barrier to prevent seawater intrusion with the underground fresh
water supply;and,
WHEREAS,these Districts believe that additional projects
for reclamation and reuse of water from treated wastewater in
Orange County should be thoroughly studied and,if feasible,
should be put into effect;and,
WHEREAS,the Districts are authorized to construct,maintain
and operate such facilities as may be necessary to conserve,
recycle and put to beneficial use reclaimed water,including use
in treatment plants as processing and irrigation water and,in
cooperation with OCWD,replenishing the underground water basin,
landscape irrigation and industrial process uses;and,
WHEREAS,Districts and OCWD have adopted policies supporting
the reclamation of wastewater and the development of projects for
providing the delivery and beneficial reuse of reclaimed water;
and,
WHEREAS,Districts and OCWD have studied numerous
alternative proposals for reclamation of water including a
project known as the “Orange County Regional Water Reclamation
Project”(Project),said Project having been conceived to develop
a safe and reliable source of water by providing up to one
hundred thousand acre feet of reclaimed water per year primarily
for groundwater replenishment,and appearing to be the most cost—
effective water reclamation project of all the alternatives
considered by the Districts and OCWD;and,
WHEREAS,Districts and OCWD are authorized to enter into
agreements between themselves and others to carry out their
respective powers and authority and to jointly determine the
feasibility and implement such projects.
NOW,THEREFORE,the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation
Districts No.1,2,3,5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of Orange County,
California,
DO HEREBY RESOLVE,DETERMINE AND ORDER:
Section 1 That the Boards of Directors of the County
Sanitation Districts hereby reaffirm their long-standing
declaration and support of a policy that all promising methods of
conservation and reclamation of wastewater within the Districts’
service area in Orange County should be thoroughly investigated
and studied;and,
Section 2 That if such studies determine new conservation
and reclamation programs to be feasible,that appropriate public
agencies make all reasonable efforts to institute said
reclamation programs into effect at the earliest possible date;
and,
Section 3 That the Conservation,Recycle and Reuse
Committee of the Boards of Directors is hereby authorized and
directed to receive and review reports from staff and provide
direction and advise,as needed from time to time,in furtherance
of the goals of this policy.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held June 8,1994.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I,PENNY KYLE,Assistant Secretary of the Boards of
Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,
11,13 and 14 of Orange County,California,do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No.94-61 was passed and adopted at
a regular meeting of said Boards on the 8th day of June,1994,by
the following vote,to wit:
AYES:Fred Barrera,George Brown,John Collins,John C.
Cox,Jr.,Jan Debay,Barry Denes,Burnie Dunlap,
Norman Z.Eckenrode,James N.Ferryman,James H.
Flora,Don R.Griffin,Evelyn Hart,Victor
Leipzig,Wally Linn,Thomas E.Lutz,William D.
Mahoney,Pat McGuigan,Ted R.Moreno,Linda
Moulton-Patterson,Carrey J.Nelson,Richard
Partin,Irv Pickier,Jim Potts,Margie L.Rice,
Thomas R.Saltarelli,Phil Sansone,Sal A.Sapien,
Sheldon S.Singer,Roger R.Stanton,William G.
Steiner,Charles E.Sylvia,James A.Wahner,
Daniel T.Welch,Grace A.Winchell,Tracy A.
Worley
NOES:None
ABSENT:Buck Catlin,Barry Hammond,Peer A.Swan
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of County Sanitation District No.1 on behalf
of itself and Districts Nos.2,3,5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of
Orange County,California,this 8th day of June,1994.
Penny Kyle As tant Secret~ary
Boards of ir c ors,County
Sanitation Dis ricts Nos.1,~2,3,
5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of
Orange County,CaliforniaJ