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Director Memorandum No. 17-043 Page 3 of 4

RESOLUTION NO. 2017-13

A RESOLUTION OF THE YUCAIPA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT SUPPORTING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF WATER PURIFICATION AND SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY
ENHANCEMENTS AT THE YUCAIPA VALLEY REGIONAL WATER FILTRATION FACILITY
AND THE WOCHHOLZ REGIONAL WATER RECYCLING FACILITY AS AN EXPANSION OF
THE YUCAIPA VALLEY REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY RENEWAL PROJECT AND THE
INTEGRATED WATER PURIFICATION, WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT
RESPONSE PROJECT

WHEREAS, on January 17, 2014, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr issued
Proclamation No. 1 -17-2014 declaring a State of Emergency to exist in California due to severe
drought conditions and calling on all Californian’s to reduce their water usage by 20 percent; and

WHEREAS, on April 25, 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an Executive Order
calling on all Californian’s to redouble their efforts to conserve water. The Executive Order finds
that the continuous severe drought conditions present urgent challenges across the State
including water shortages in communities and for agricultural production, increased wildfires,
degraded habitat for fish and wildlife, threat of saltwater contamination, and additional water
scarcity if drought conditions continue into 2015; and

WHEREAS, the National Integrated Drought Information System reported that nearly 80%
of the State was reported to be under "extreme" drought conditions at the end of June 2014; and

WHEREAS, on April 25, 2014, the Governor suspended the California Environmental
Quality Act’s application to the State Water Board’s adoption of emergency regulations pursuant
to Water Code Section 1058.5 to prevent the waste, unreasonable use, unreasonable method of
use, or unreasonable diversion of water, and to promote the use of recycled water and water
conservation; and

WHEREAS, Water Code section 1058.5 grants the State Water Board the authority to
adopt emergency regulations in drought years in order to: “prevent the waste, unreasonable use,
unreasonable method of use, or unreasonable diversion of water, to promote water recycling or
water conservation, to require curtailment of diversions when water is not available under the
diverter’s priority of right, or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, to require reporting of diversion
or use or the preparation of monitoring reports” ; and

WHEREAS, over the past several years, the Yucaipa Valley Water District has taken bold
steps to reduce drinking water use by implementing an extensive recycled water system that
currently reduces the demand on drinking water supplies; and

WHEREAS, the Yucaipa Valley Water District supports the purification of drinking water
supplies and recycled water supplies to further reduce dependency on imported water supplies
and groundwater resources throughout the region.

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