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<br />produces water from two sources. The Orange County Groundwater <br />Basin provides 66% of the annual water supply and the <br />Metropolitan Water District provides 34% of the annual water <br />supply. The City of Santa Ana has 19 active wells with combined <br />capacities of approximately 42,500 gallons per minute. The City <br />also has seven MWD connections with combined normal operating <br />capacities of 20,700 gallons per minute. The total combined <br />capacity of all water production facilities is 63,200 gallons <br />per minute. <br /> <br />The California Water Management Act of 1983 requires urban water <br />suppliers to prepare Urban Water Management Plans to address the <br />water needs of a community and the ability to provide water <br />during normal, single dry or multiple dry years, based on land <br />uses and population growth reflected in the City's General Plan. <br />The Urban Water Management Plan is required to be updated every <br />five years. According to the City's 2000 Urban Water Management <br />Plan, the total projected water demand for the City in 2005 is <br />approximately 47,268 acre feet per year, which is a decrease <br />compared to 2000 water demand of 48,858 acre feet. According to <br />the City's Water Department the long-term water demand in the <br />City is projected decrease slightly. <br /> <br />Implementation of the proposed project would increase the <br />current water demand within the project by 5,520 gallons per <br />day. The proposed project is consistent with the General Plan <br />and the water demands for the proposed project would be <br />accounted for in the City's Urban Water Management Plan. <br />According to the Water Department, the increase demand <br />associated with the proposed project would not result in adverse <br />impacts on the on the ability of the City to provide water <br />service. <br /> <br />A. Exceed wastewater treatment requirements of the applicable <br />Regional Water Quality Control Board? <br /> <br />C. Require or result in the construction of new water or <br />wastewater treatment facilities or expansion of existing <br />facilities, the construction of which could cause <br />significant environmental effects? <br /> <br />E. Result in the determination by the wastewater treatment <br />provider, which serves or may serve the project that it has <br />adequate capacity to serve the project's projected demand <br />in addition to the providers existing commitments. <br /> <br />Less Than Significant Impact <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />3~9 <br />