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REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO REQUIRE THE ~ETERING OF ALL WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS IN THE ORANGE COUNTY SANTA ANA RIVER BASIN WHEREAS, the Orange County Santa Ana River Basin is the area of most rapid population growth in the State of California; is a water-deficient area with a long history of overdrafting its under- ground water reservoir; is an area that has pioneered the importation of water for replenishment of its under ground basin, together with importation of vast quantities for day to day consumption; and is an area of uncontrolled growth,not only in the twenty-three cities, but in districts and other unincorporated areas, resulting in multiple water service entities in some instances under management that has disregarded orderly development and has bled off cash revenue in excessively high salaries and operated without regard for the present or future welfare of said Basin area; and ~EREAS, this critically water-short area can no longer afford to allow operation without reasonable regulation or in disregard of reasonable regulations and can no longer afford to allow large numbers of unmetered water connections which must be subsidized to a substan- tial degree by the other water users of basin water. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana that said City Council hereby petitions and requests the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California to require and to enforce its requirement that all water utilities pumping water from the underground basin in the Santa Ana River Valley in Orange County, California, under the jurisdiction of said Public Utilities Commission, forthwith provide and install approved recording water meters on all service connections, and that said public utilities deliver water through said meters only at rates approved by said Commission upon the basis of the vol~e of water served as a means of preventing the wasting of water extracted from said basin. -1-