HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-92-5512 (RECYCLING/WEST BASIN WATER)i
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-5512
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF THE WEST BASIN WATER
RECYCLING PROJECT.
WHEREAS, 80% of the water provided by the West Basin
Municipal Water District comes from outside the region -- North-
ern California, the Colorado River and the Owens Valley -- all
dwindling and unreliable sources; and
WHEREAS, we need a local supply of water to provide drought
protection to the 827,000 residents in the 18 cities and unincor-
porated areas of the Los Angeles County which comprise the West
Basin; and
WHEREAS, the West Basin Water Recycling Project will purify
70,000 acre feet of waste water (nearly 23 billion gallons) of
water per year which will be used to irrigate cemeteries, land-
scaping along highway medians, golf courses, school grounds land-
scaping, public parks and industrial purposes; and
WHEREAS, the West Basin Water Recycling Project will reduce
the amount of sewage effluent dumped into the Santa Monica Bay by
23 billion gallons a year -- and the project is supported by the
Sierra Club and The Mono Lake Committee; and
WHEREAS, the West Basin Water Recycling Project will treat,
chlorinate and purify reclaimed water to meet strict local and
statewide water quality control board and health department stan-
dards, and
WHEREAS, the West Basin Water Recycling Project will help us
diversify our water sources and drought -proof our area; and
WHEREAS, the West Basin Water Recycling Project will reduce
our dependence on increasingly unreliable outside water sources
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and protect us against cost increases and cutbacks imposed by
these outside sources; and
WHEREAS, recycled water is the most cost-effective addition-
al water source available; and
WHEREAS, the West Basin Water Recycling Project will save
taxpayers money because the recycled water will be used by public
agencies, such as schools and parks, for their landscape irriga-
tion needs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the;
City of Hermosa Beach supports the West Basin Water Recycling
Project.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14th day of January, 1992.;
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-PRE DENT of the City Council, and
MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
0(�.�tX� z t e�"J/ CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH )
I. Naoma Valdes, Deputy City Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 91-5512 was duly and
regularly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular meeting of said
Council at the regular meeting place thereof on January 14,
1992.
114� The vote was as follows:
AYES: Benz, Edgerton, Essertier, Wiemans, Mayor Midstokke
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
None
"DATED: January 14, 1992
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Deputy City Clerk