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PROPOSED PROCESS FOR GROUND-WATER RESOURCE INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT <br /> OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES <br /> The committee has begun to outline the elements which might be included in an investigation of the water <br /> resources of Orange County. The outline indicates the direction the committee is taking, even though much <br /> work remains to be done to determine the costs and timespan associated with these elements. <br /> I. Physical Environment, Land Use and Development Analysis <br /> Section I deals primarily with the process to collect and enter into the GIS data base information related to <br /> the physical environment of Orange County. These physical data include geography, current and projected <br /> land use and land cover and delineation of areas with existing or potential ground-water demand. This <br /> section also provides for the evaluation, in terms of accuracy and potential usefulness, of the data included <br /> under this section. Data acquired and mapped under this section provide a major component of the <br /> information needed to determine existing and potential ground-water demands and existing and potential <br /> adverse affects to the quality of the ground water. Though this information can be more readily collected <br /> and mapped by experts, it is within the technical capability of County staff, if staff has access to sufficient <br /> resources. In the event that the water resource investigation does not proceed from this point, the <br /> information in Section I would eventually be obtained and marl. d by County staff in response to other <br /> projects and initiatives unrelated to the water resource investigation. <br /> A. Allocate resources to collect data <br /> 1. Geography, topography <br /> 2. Geology, hydrogeology <br /> 3. Soils <br /> 4. Current/projected land use, densities, impervious surfaces <br /> 5. Municipal-type utility service areas <br /> 6. Community well/waste treatment system service ar: s <br /> 7. Vegetative ground covers (forests, lawns, crops, pastures) <br /> 8. Transportation corridors <br /> B. Allocate resources to evaluate collected data <br /> 1. Determine if data accuracy sufficient to be useful <br /> 2. De'...rmine if data is or can be formatted for development of electronic database <br /> 3. Determine if collected data is essential if found to be inaccurate or difficult to format for <br /> database development <br /> C. Allocate resources to develop mapping database <br /> 1. Develop appropriate i�rocesses/procedures for use, manipulation, and retrieval of data <br /> 2. Develop physical environment/land use/development projection database/maps <br />