69R-513
RESOLUTION NO. 69R- _.213.__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIlItl URGING THE SANTA ANA
RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
TO ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE HIGH STill~DARDS
OF QUALITY FOR WATER IN THE SANTA N~A
RIVER.
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim is the purveyor of water
to approximately 165,000 water consumers in the City of Anaheim;
and
WHEREAS, as a water purveyor the City of Anaheim desires
to provide a ~i~~ ~~~~EY potable water supply; and
~iHEREAS, water from the Santa Ana River contributes to
water stored in the Santa Ana River underground basin, and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim is dependent upon this
underground basin to supply in excess of fifty (50%) percent of
the water consumed in the City of Anaheim; and
vlliEREAS, the Santa Ana River water quality is continu-
ously deteriorating; and
WHEP~AS, the present trend of water quality, if unalter-
ed, will lead to totally unacceptable levels, and
WHEREAS, because of the need for the City of Anaheim to
maintain a quality of potable water supply from its forty wells,
the City in 1966 established a laboratory under the supervision
of Dr. Burton H. Moore, Ph.D., to monitor the quality and potabil-
ity of water produced; stored, and distributed to water consumers
at Anaheim1s Municipal Water Utility; and
WHEREAS, tests performed in the City's laboratory have
confirmed the presence in increasing amounts of dissolved solids
and other contaminates in the Santa Ana River; and
WHEREAS, at e1e time of the formulation of the standard
of quality for Santa Ana River water flowing through Prado Dam,
much of the land that is now encompassed by the present boundaries
of the City of Anaheim, was primarily devoted to agricultural use,
but now this area is occupied by industrial and domestic water
consumers whose water quality requirements are substantially more
exacting than those of agricultural consumers, and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim vigorously supports the
position of the Orange County Water District which has acted and
is acting as the primary agency for protecting the Santa Ana
River underground basin from contamination by sea water and con-
taminants carried into the basin by the Santa Ana River; and
WHEREAS, because the City of Anaheim occupies a geo-
graphic location at the mouth of the Santa Ana Canyon, it is
uniquely situated to be affected by poor water quality.
NOW, THEREFORE i BE IT RESOLVED I that the City of Anaheim
this 2nd
and signed by me
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ATTEST:
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CI CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORAN GE ) s s .
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim,
do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the e~d
day of September , 19 69 , by the following vote of the me ers
thereof:
AYES:
COUNCILMEN:
Dutton, Krein, Schutte, Pebley and Clark
NOES:
COUNCILMEN:
None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of
Anaheim approved and signed said resolution on the 2nd day of
September ,19~.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 2nd day of
September ,19 69 .
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CI Y CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No.
69R-5l3 duly passed and adopted by the Anaheim City Council on Sep-
tember 2, 1969.
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