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RESOLUTION 69-145 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA REQUESTING THE SANTA ANA RIVER <br />BASIN REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD TO <br />ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE HIGH STANDARDS OF QUALITY <br />FOR WATER IN THE SANTA ANA RIVER <br /> <br /> WHEP~EAS, the City of Santa Ana is the purveyor of water to <br />approximately 149,000 water consumers in the City of Santa Aha; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, as a water purveyor the City of Santa Ana desires <br />to provide a high quality potable water supply; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, water from the Santa Ana River contributes to the <br />water stored in the Santa Ana River underground basin; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, <br />ground basin to <br />consumed in the <br /> <br />the City of Santa Ana is dependent upon this under- <br />supply in excess of fifty (50) percent of the water <br />City of Santa Ana; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, <br />ground basin tO <br />variations; and <br /> <br />the City of Santa Ana is dependent upon this under- <br />provide.storage for s~aso~al~and cyclic ~aterfdemand <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Santa Ana River water quality is continuously <br />deteriorating; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the present trend of water quality, if unaltered, <br />will lead to unacceptable water quality and impairment of the under- <br />ground basin; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, at the time of the formulation of the standard of <br />quality for Santa Ana River water flowing through Prado Dam, much <br />of the land that is now encompassed by the present boundaries of <br />the City of Santa Ana was primarily devoted to agricultural use, <br />but now this area is occupied by industrial and commercial water <br />consumers whose water quality requirements are substantially more <br />exacting than those of agricultural consumers; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the city of Santa Ana continues to support the posi- <br />tion of the Orange County Water District, which has acted as the <br />primary agency for protecting the Santa Ana River underground basin <br />from contamination by sea water and contaminants carried into the <br />basin by the Santa Aha River. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City of Santa Ana <br />requests the Santa Ana River Basin Water Regional Water Quality <br />Control Board to take action immediately to establish and enforce <br />high standards of quality for water discharged through Prado Dam in <br />in order to correct the deterioration of the quality of the Santa <br />Ana River water reaching the City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa <br />Ana at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of September, 1969. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />CLERK OF THE couI~CIL <br /> <br />MAYOR <br /> <br />-1- <br /> <br /> <br />