HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-09-20; Municipal Water District; Resolution 289RESOLUTION NO. 289
. .- RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT REQUESTING
SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY TO SECURE ADDITIONAL WATER STORAGE FACILITIES IN NORTH
SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
WHEREAS, a recent heat wave in the month of August,
1972, caused such a demand for water that, to supply the needs
of the inhabitants of San Diego County, it was necessary to
utilize the maximum flow of all four transmission lines bring-
ing water to San Diego County, the use of additional water in
storage by the City of San Diego in excess of 10,000 acre feet
and the use of an additional unknown amount of storage water by
other smaller local water agencies in San Diego County; and
WHEREAS, the steady increase in population demands - that additional water storage be created in the North San Diego
County; and
WHEREAS, new demands for environmental beauty in
planned community developments are requiring large green belts
and parks, requiring more water than was previously used on
crop irrigation in the same area; and
WHEREAS, the increase in residential housing and com-
mercial use are requiring and using land within the San Diego
County Water Authority not previously used for agriculture and
not previously using water; and
WHEREAS, new advances in household appliances and per-
sonal living standards are requiring and causing a steady increase
- in the per capita use of water; and
WHEREAS, San Diego County Water Authority has long
advocated that local water agencies in San Diego County develop
their own storage for summer peak demands and other emergencies;
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and
WHEREAS, certain local water agencies have ignored
this advice and have, in effect, used the transmission lines
of the San Diego County Water Authority for water storage
during peak demand periods; and
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WHEREAS, such activity places an additional tax
burden upon the inhabitants of other local water agencies who
have provided storage for their individual local water agency;
and
WHEREAS, it would be more economical to build addi-
tional water storage than to build additional transmission lines
into the County before it is really needed; and
WHEREAS, the proposed desalination facility at the
San Diego Gas & Electric Company plant will need a storage re-
servoir to mix the distilled water of said facility with
Colorado River water.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1. That it is hereby requested that the San Diego
County Water Authority take steps to secure additional water storage
in the North San Diego County for the following reasons:
A. Additional storage is most needed in North
San Diego County.
B. Development by San Diego County Water
Authority will allow the spreading of the
costs of such additional storage over the
entire San Diego County Water Authority
area on a fair and equitable basis.
C. Any new storage is beneficial to all of
the local water agencies in the San Diego
County Water Authority and all of the
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inhabitants of San Diego County Water
Authority in time of emergency, as it
makes available more water in the trans-
mission lines and delays more costly
construction of transmission lines.
D. As the population grows and coastal San
Diego County becomes virtually one large
city, with one very large water problem,
it is logical for San Diego County Water
Authority to have control of most of the
storage facilities and all of the new
storage reservoirs and transmission mains.
E. Control of additional storage facilities
could reduce the size of additional trans-
mission lines of San Diego County Water
Authority, to supply the water needs of
the inhabitants of San Diego County Water
Authority.
2. That the San Diego County Water Authority should
consider a higher sales price for water to local water agencies
that have no water storage for emergencies or peak demand
periods, so that there will not be an advantage in delaying the
development of local water storage and using the transmission
lines of the San Diego County Water Authority for storage.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 20th day of
September, 1972.
GhJ FREDm. ka MAERKLE
President of $ffd Board of Directors
of Carlsbad Municipal Water District
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ATTEST:
HAROLD M. ENGELMANN, Assistant Secretary of the Board of Directors of Carlsbad I-
Municipal Water District.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ss. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 1
I, HAROLD M. ENGELMANN, Assistant Secretary of the
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Carlsbad Municipal Water District and of the Board of Directors
thereof, DO HEREBY certify that the foregoing Resolution was
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of said District at a
regular meeting of the said Board held on the 20th day of
September, 1972, and that it was adopted by the following vote:
AYES : MAERKLE, ENGELMANN, KELLY and
MacLEOD.
NOES : None
ABSENT : CARMICHAEL.
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HAROLD M. ENGELMA"', Assistant Secretary of Carlsbad Municipal Water District and of the Board of Directors thereof.
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