HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 3048 RESOLUTION NO. 3048
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH URGING THE SANTA ANA
RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD TO
ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE HIGH STANDARDS OF QUALITY
FOR WATER IN THE SANTA ANA RIVER
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach is the purveyor
of water to approximately 105,000 water consumers in the City
of Huntington Beach; and
As' a water purveyor the City of Huntington Beach desire
to provide a high quality potable water supply; and
Water from the Santa Ana River contributes to water
stored in the Santa Ana River underground basin; and
The City of Huntington Beach is dependent upon this under-
ground basin to supply in excess of sixty (60) percent of the
water consumed in the City of Huntington Beach; and
The Santa Ana River water quality is continuously deteri-
orating; and
The present trend of water quality, if unaltered, will
lead to totally unacceptable levels; and
Because of the need for the City of Huntington Beach to
maintain a quality of potable water supply from its wells, the
City retained the Associated Laboratories of Orange, California
to monitor the quality and potability of water produced, stored,
and distributed to water consumers in Huntington Beach' s Munic-
ipal Water Utility; and
The City of Huntington Beach vigorously supports the
position of the Orange County Water District which has acted
and is acting as the primary agency for protecting the Santa
Ana River underground basin from contamination by sea water
and contaminants carried into the basin by the Santa Ana River.
1.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of
Huntington Beach urges the Santa Ana River Basin Water
Quality Control Board to take steps immediately to establish
and enforce high standards of quality for water discharged
through Prado Dam in order to correct the deterioration of
the quality of the Santa Ana River water reaching Huntington
Beach.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 15th day of September, 1969 .
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Cit,OXClerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney '"
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Res. No. 3o48
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , PAUL C. JONES , the duly elected , qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex
officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15th
day of September , 19__Lq_, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
_Shij�ley, Bartlett , McCracken , Kaufman, Matnev.
Coen, Green
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None -..
Cit erk and -officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California