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Water in Orange County Needs "One Voice" <br />Additional Supply for OCWD <br />The Santa Ana River is the largest coastal stream in Southern California. Flowing west from the <br />San Bernardino Mountains, the river winds through San Bernardino and Riverside Counties <br />before reaching Orange County at Prado Dam, then traveling through the OCWWD aquifer to <br />supplement recharge, before terminating at the Pacific Ocean. The river is joined by Santiago <br />Creek and flows to the ocean between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.6 <br />I nlarM $+narr■ <br />Llrrfile Ay+ncy <br />SW Jkmwlina V11 <br />Ahnk�M:Mlu�r 41sUie1 <br />- <br />i sI <br />WaL.r pla11ILI <br />-� I <br />is <br />Retail Water Districts <br />r� <br />5anw Ana River Watomhed <br />Retail water organizations are the direct connection of supplying water to residential and <br />commercial consumers. There are 29 retail water providers throughout Orange County. These <br />water providers include cities, special water districts/agencies and one private water company. <br />6 www.ocwd.com/what-we-do/ <br />2021-2022 Orange County Grand Jury Page 9 <br />City Council 8 —11 9/20/2022 <br />