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Water in Orange County Needs “One Voice” <br /> <br /> <br />2021-2022 Orange County Grand Jury Page 8 <br /> <br />uses.3F <br />4 OCWD’s primary role is to manage the basin and provide local water retailers with a <br />reliable, adequate, and high-quality supply of water.4F <br />5 In addition, OCWD operates the <br />Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in partnership with the Orange County Sanitation <br />District (OCSAN). This state-of-the-art water purification project can produce over 100 million <br />gallons of high-quality potable water per day for aquifer recharge. OCWD provides groundwater <br />to 19 municipal and special water districts and supplies approximately 77 percent of the water <br />supply for North and Central Orange County. OCWD is the only wholesale groundwater agency <br />for Orange County and is a customer of MWDOC for imported needs to supplement the aquifer <br />recharge serving North/Central County. OCWD currently has $1.5 billion in capital <br />infrastructure assets. <br /> <br /> <br />4 www.ocwd.com/about/ <br />5 Ibid.