HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCSD 16-01RESOLUTION NO. OCSD 16-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION
DISTRICT SUPPORTING THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A GROUNDWATER
REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM TYPE PROJECT WITH LOS ANGELES
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 2 IN THE CITY OF CARSON
WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) was formed by a special act
of the California Legislature in 1933 to sustainably manage and protect the Orange
County Groundwater Basin and protect the area's rights to flows in the Santa Ana River;
and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) is a duly organized
County Sanitation District existing pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act of 1923,
California Health and Safety Code section 4700, et seq., providing for the ownership,
operation, and maintenance of wastewater collection, treatment and disposal facilities
within Orange County, California.
WHEREAS, OCWD and OCSD have worked very closely to recycle all wastewater
that is available at OCSD Reclamation Plant Number 1 with the Groundwater
Replenishment System (GWRS); and
WHEREAS, the GWRS is the world's largest advanced water purification facility of
its kind and is now producing approximately 100 million gallons per day of new water
supply and plans are being developed by OCWD and OCSD to expand the facility up to
130 million gallons per day, which is enough water for more than one million residents and
businesses in north and central Orange County; and
WHEREAS, OCWD and OCSD have garnered more than 40 awards for the
development, construction and operation of the GWRS from organizations around the
world, including the 2008 Stockholm Industry Water Prize, the 2014 U.S. Water Prize, and
the 2014 Lee Kuan Yu Prize, bestowed upon OCWD by the nation of Singapore for its
GWRS, groundwater management and education programs; and
WHEREAS, OCWD has committed to purchase and recharge 650,000 acre-feet of
untreated full service imported water supply from the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California (MWD) through MWD's representative, the Municipal Water District of
Orange County, over the next ten years; and
WHEREAS, the purified water from the new water reuse project proposed by MWD
and the Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) No.2 could replace a portion of
the 650,000 acre-foot commitment or provide additional water to OCWD to recharge the
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Orange County Groundwater Basin; and
WHEREAS, OCWD and OCSD have acquired significant technical and public
engagement expertise in planning, developing, funding, building, and operating the
GWRS that could be beneficial to MWD and LACSD No. 2 in building the most efficient
and cost effective project in a timely manner; and
WHEREAS, the reliability of imported water supply sources is being challenged as
numerous environmental, agricultural and urban interests maneuver to obtain greater
shares of these water sources from the Colorado River and State Water Project; and
WHEREAS, the local multi-billion dollar economy requires a reliable and sustainable
water source to remain healthy and strong; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Orange County Water District
and the Orange County Sanitation District DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER as follows:
Section 1: OCWD and OCSD will provide technical support as needed to MWD and the
LACSD to assist in developing the proposed water reuse project.
Section 2: The types of technical support provided will include, but not be limited to: (1)
Permitting, (2) Injection well construction and operation, (3) Treatment plant design, (4)
Optimizing plant operations, (5) Public engagement and support, (6) Recharging the
water, and (7) Institutional coordination.
Section 3: OCWD and OCSD will work with the MWD and the LACSD to maximize how
much of the water being created from this project can be annually recharged into the
Orange County Groundwater Basin.
Section 4: OCWD, OCSD, the MWD, the and LACSD should all work collaboratively to
ensure the proposed project is successfully constructed and operated with communitywide
support and minimal delays and in the most effective, cost efficient and environmentally
sound manner as possible. As such, entering into a memorandum of understanding
between the four agencies is strongly encouraged.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors held
January 27, 2016.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation District,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. OCSD 16-01 was passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said Board on the 27th day of January 2016, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Bartlett; Beamish; Choi; Curry; Deaton; Ferryman; Jones;
Kiley; Kim; Kring; Mills; R. Murphy; Nagel; Neugebauer;
Nielsen; Parker; Peterson (Alternate); Sebourn; Shawver; F.
Smith; T. Smith; Wanke; Withers and Yarc
None
None
Tinajero
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
Orange County Sanitation District this 27th day of January 2016.
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