2008-009 - Aggressive Voluntary Water Conservation by the City's Residents and Businesses

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Iss01116/08 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-009 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CALLING FOR THE ADOPTION OF MORE AGGRESSIVE VOLUNTARY WATER CONSERVATION BY THE CITY'S RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Orange County depends on imported water from Northern California and the Colorado River to meet approximately half of its supply demand, with the balance of the county's demand being met by local groundwater via a large basin under north and central Orange County, smaller basins in south Orange County, and through local water recycling and conservation; and B. Water supplies from Northern California have been severely impacted by dry conditions, lower-than-normal snow pack, and environmental constraints in the Sacramento San Joaquin Bay-Delta region (Bay-Delta); and C. A recent federal court ruling has restricted pumping by at least 30% from the Bay-Delta, source of water to 25 million Californians, to protect the endangered Delta Smelt and has further compounded the difficulties of providing water to the most populous regions of the state; and D. The impact of the Delta Smelt ruling will require even greater withdrawals from water storage reserves to offset water lost as a result of the ruling; and E. Water supply solutions to the current regulatory pumping restrictions in the Bay-Delta may take many years to approve and complete; and F. Significant study by the Public Policy Institute of California and the Governor's Blue Ribbon Delta Vision Task Force has pointed to the conclusion that the current Delta water delivery system is not sustainable due to seismic and flood risks, subsidence and sea level rise, ecosystem conflicts, and numerous other factors; and Resolution No. 2008-009 Page 1 of 3