HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2007-30 RESOLUTION NO. 2007-30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH IN SUPPORT OF
THE GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM,
A JOINT EFFORT OF THE ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
AND THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
WHEREAS, within the next 20 years, Orange County's population is expected to
increase by more than 15 percent, and Orange County's need for safe, reliable drinking
water also will increase. We must find innovative ways to secure safe, new and locally-
controlled alternate sources of high-quality water; and
The Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Orange County Sanitation
District (OCSD) have embarked on what is intended to be a cost-effective solution to
future water needs with a supplemental water purification project, known as the
Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System; and
The GWR System will take highly-treated sewer water from the Orange County
Sanitation District that is currently sent to the ocean and purify it to near-distilled quality
water using the state-of-the-art technologies of microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and
ultraviolet and hydrogen peroxide disinfection; and
The GWR System will produce a new supply of water that will expand our
seawater barrier to protect our groundwater basin from ocean contamination, and also
help replenish our groundwater basin, minimizing the impacts of fixture droughts; and
The GWR System will produce near-distilled quality water using less energy than
is required to import water from Northern California; and
The GWR System is environmentally sound and reuses a precious resource—
water— in an arid, drought-prone region; and
The GWR System is also diversifying our water supply portfolio with a new,
reliable and locally-controlled source of high-quality water that may be cheaper than
future imported water; and
The GWR System water will be available regardless of rainfall levels or drought
conditions to help support our growing economy and enviable lifestyle; and
The GWR System is a model water project for other communities throughout the
United States and around the world, and OCWD and OCSD are recognized as innovative
leaders in water reuse,
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
hereby resolve as follows:
1. That the City of Huntington Beach hereby SUPPORTS the GWR System
and the efforts of OCWD and OCSD to identify and develop alternative sources for safe,
reliable water supplies for Orange County's future.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
at a regular meeting thereof held on May 07, , 2007.
Moor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ity Attorney
IN IATED AND APPROVED:
irector of Public Works
REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator Iv
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Res. No. 2007-30
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, JOAN L. FLYNN the duly elected, qualified 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 at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of May, 2007 by the following
vote:
AYES: Bohr, Carchio, Cook, Coerper, Green, Hansen, Hardy
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
CiiUClerk and ex-officio Jerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California