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41 <br /> Adopted 8/17/93 <br /> Draft Revision 8/10/94 <br /> WATER RESOURCE QUANTITY AND QUALITY <br /> GOAL: DEVELOP A LONG RANGE STUDY AND PLANNING PROCESS TO IDENTIFY AND <br /> ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF VARIOUS LAND USES AND WASTE TREATMENT OPTIONS <br /> ON THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE GROUND AND SURFACE WATER <br /> RESOURCES OF ORANGE COUNTY SO THAT THESE IMPACTS CAN BE FACTORED INTO <br /> THE LONG TERM PLANNING PROCESS. <br /> STATUS REPORT <br /> This initiative represents an objective included among the Commissioners' goals for FY <br /> 1.993.94,The revised Plan of Action reflects an extended time period within which to <br /> complete work on this goal'. The extension is due primarily to the amount of staff time. <br /> required to address issues such as the rural character strategies, economic development <br /> district proposals, and the University Station Planning Group.These issues have required <br /> extensive use of GIS.Although a needed expansion of the GIS work area has been <br /> accomplished,acquisition and/or movement of equipment has been delayed until this work is <br /> complete. <br /> BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES <br /> On August 17, 1993, the Board of Commissioners adopted the Water Resource Quantity & Quality goal which <br /> included the objectives listed below. <br /> Objective 1 <br /> Develop a public information and public feed-back process which will serve to inform the public as to the <br /> need for ground-water protection and the purpose and nature of proposals for the County's ground-water <br /> protection process, and which will stimulate public input into the efforts to develop protection strategies <br /> and to collect important anecdotal ground-water information. <br /> Objective 2 <br /> Begin the process of collecting all available and pertinent data related to the availability of <br /> ground-water supplies and to various human and land use activities recognized to have potential impacts on <br /> ground-water quality so that the data may be assessed as to its reliability and utility, then rendered into a <br /> form where it may be entered into an electronic or GIS database. <br /> Objective 3 <br /> Finalize recommendations to the BOCC as to additional ground- water investigation activities and associated <br /> staff and funding commitment necessary to complete development of an integrated ground-water resource data <br /> base sufficient to analyze the interrelationship of existing ground-water quality and quantity, physical <br /> environment, land use and conditions/activities having potential to impact adversely on future ground-water <br /> quality and quantity so that resource management and protection alternatives can be developed and submitted <br /> to the BOCC for its endorsement and implementation. <br /> Objective 4 <br /> Use available SCS soils mapping to determine general suitability of the areas of the County for land <br /> application-type waste treatment systems and obtain DEM data on remaining stream and surface water <br /> waste loading allocations in order to determine the relative capacity of different areas to support service by on-site <br /> waste treatment systems. <br /> Objective 5 <br /> Develop a water resource protection long range planning system or program using County GIS,computer or other <br /> available technological resources to predict and address impacts of various land uses and <br />