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2015 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />Table 1 -2: Agency Identification <br />3.2 Agency Overview <br />The City was, for many years, a ranching community with some farming. To serve this growing <br />agricultural and domestic community, a municipal water system was formed in 1886. The original source <br />of water supply for the City was from shallow irrigation wells. As the City continued to grow and change <br />from agriculture to an urban community, the need for additional sources of water was recognized if <br />economic development were to continue. <br />To tap into water sources from outside the area, the City joined with 12 other southern California cities to <br />form and be an original member agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California <br />(Metropolitan) on February 27, 1931. Metropolitan, as a regional wholesaler, supplies imported water to <br />southern California from the Colorado River and from the State Water Project from Northern California. <br />Metropolitan's primary purpose is to develop, store and distribute water at wholesale rates to its member <br />public agencies for domestic and municipal uses. <br />In 1933, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) was formed by a special act of the State Legislature <br />to manage Orange County's groundwater supply and protection of the County's rights to water in the <br />Santa Ana River. In 1953, the City became a member of OCW D. <br />The City is governed by a non - partisan seven - member City Council, elected to serve staggered four -year <br />terms, except for the Mayor, who serves a two -year term. The City Council appoints the City Manager and <br />various members of commissions, committees, and citizen advisory groups, all of which may weigh in on <br />water management issues and decisions for the City. The current Council members are <br />arcadis,com g! 1 <br />oTit 1 -3 <br />