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MEMORANDUM To: Board of Commissioners and Manager From: Alice Gordon Subject: Orange County BOCC 1991 Goals - My Comments Date: March 20, 1991 The last goal under Vater Resources Development and Protection gives objectives and plans of action related to groundv wer quality and quantity. Beloar I have indicated the portion of the plans of action for that goal vEhich I vrould like to see completed first, probably in May or July 1991. In any proposed text revisions, suggested deletions gill be enclosed in brackets and suggested additions will be in bold face- The page numbers refer to the ones given at the top of the page in our March 20 agenda packet- Water Resources Development and Protection (pages 4 - 7) ' OBJECTIVE 1 -page 6 Collect all available data - -__ - -- required to begin the process for making assessments of existing groundwater resource quality, quantity, availability, and vulnerability to resource depletion and degradation by vay of existing and future land use scenarios. Plan of Action A _ Using USGS maps, along with any other appropriate sources, a: nd expertise of County staff, develop generalized hydrogeologic map of County showing the relative capacity of different areas to provide water from wells_ May 1991 OBJECTIVE 2 - page 7 Develop generalized soils mapping with emphasis on suitability for land application vraste treatment systems and obtain from DEM data on remaining stream and surface water v wte loading allocations in order to determine the relative capacity of different areas to support service by onsite waste treatment systems. Plan of Action A. Using SCS soil mapping of the County and expertise of staff` soil scientists, 'develop generalized map of County indicating broad areas of soil types and depths suitable for land application waste treatment. May 1991