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r , 013 GOAL 1 - WATER SUPPLY Provide clean and safe raw water supplies available and adequate to meet the future needs of the residents of Orange County. A. General Policies 1. Orange County should cooperate with its municipalities, water utility providers, and surrounding jurisdictions to identify and develop required water supplies so that available resources are balanced with existing and projected needs on a local and regional basis. 2 . Orange County's primary responsibility will be to assist in the development of water resources, including the establishment of necessary organizational structures and arrangements that would operate and maintain raw water and treated water resources. 3. Raw water supply needs should be met consistent with land use plans and growth management policies, including agricultural preservation, and watershed and environmental protection policies. B. Watershed Protection Policies 1 . Watershed protection should be given a high priority in any activity related to land use planning in Orange County. 2 . Based on an evaluation of water resources throughout the County, existing and proposed water supply watersheds as well as prime reservoir sites should be designated to protect those areas from adverse development impacts and to insure that inappropriate restrictions are not placed on large portions of the population or land resources of the County. 3. Existing watershed standards and policies should be evaluated to assure their effectiveness in accomplishing water quality protection and supply objectives. Where necessary, technically sound and legally defensible revisions to those standards and policies should be adopted and implemented which specify land use patterns and intensities of