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Adopted 5/ 14/96 Revised 6/9/97 WATER RESOURCE QUANTITY AND QUALITY GOAL : DEVELOP A LONG RANGE STUDY AND PLANNING PROCESS TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF VARIOUS LAND USES AND WASTE TREATMENT OPTIONS ON THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE GROUND AND SURFACE WATER RESOURCES OF ORANGE COUNTY SO THAT TBESE IMPACTS CAN BE FACTORED INTO THE LONG TERM PLANNING PROCESS . . . A:TUB:; R: This initiative represents an objective first included among the Commissioners ' goals for 'FY 1993 94 . The revised Plan of Action reflects an extended time period within which to complete work on this goal . The extension is due primarily to the amount of staff time required to address issues and goals which have required extensive use of GIS , and , most recently the plans to launch a multi-year Phase H of the Ground Water Resource Investigations effort. Phase I, a report on ground water recharge rates in the county, was completed in October, 1996 . Data collection is a continuing part of the project, with all new wells and septic tanks in the county now accurately located with GPS ( Global Positioning System) receivers . This data resource will allow for future GIS mapping and coverages . As a service to county citizens , the Ground Water Center began operation in July , 1996 . Housed in the Soil and Water District office, the Ground Water Center will answer or forward citizen inquiries and questions about ground water issues . BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES On August 17, 1993 , the Board of Commissioners adopted the Water Resource Quantity & Quality goal which included the objectives listed below. Objective 1 Develop a public information and public feed - back process which will serve to inform the public as to the need for ground- water protection and the purpose and nature of proposals for the County's ground - water protection process, and which will stimulate public input into the efforts to develop protection strategies and to collect important anecdotal ground- water information . Objective 2 Begin the process of collecting all available and pertinent data related to the availability of ground- water supplies and to various human and land use activities recognized to have potential impacts on ground- water quality so that the data may be assessed as to its reliability and utility, then rendered into a form where it may be entered into an electronic or GIS database. Objective 3 Finalize recommendations to the BOCC as to additional ground- water investigation activities and associated staff and funding commitment necessary to complete development of an integrated ground-water resource data base sufficient to analyze the interrelationship of existing ground-water quality and quantity, physical environment, land use and conditions/activities having potential to impact adversely on future 6 Wow 009