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RESOLUTION NO. 3181
II RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
7HE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
URGING THE INSTALLATION OF A PILOT
SEWAGE WATER RECLAMATION PLANT AT
\mITTIER NARROWS.
VlHEREllS, the growth of population in Los Angeles County
and a fifteen year doought have caused a serious lowering of under-
ground water levels; and,
VlHEREAS, it is necessary that any and all means of pre-
serving, and if possible, of raising the present water level be
employed; a.nd,
WHEREAS, water is presently being imported from the Colo-
rado River by Zone 1 of the County Flood Control District at a cost
of approximately twelve dollars ($12.00) per acre foot, to enter
into the Sa.n Gabriel Valley basin via spreading grounds along the
Rio Hondo a.nd San Gabriel River; and,
WHEREAS, ten million gallons of water a day could be sal-
vaged by the installation of a pilot sewage water reclamation plant
at Whittier Narrows from the trunk line now carrying one hundred
million gallons a day of effluent from Upper Sa.n Gabriel Valley
Sanitation Districts 15, 16, 17, 21 and 22; and,
WHEREJ\S, the Los Angeles Board of Public Works has al-
ready endorsed the installation of such a water reclamation plant;
NOW, ~rHEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That it respectfully requests that the County
of Los Angeles, through some appropriate governmental agency, imme-
diately commence installation of a pilot sewage water reclamation
plant at Whittier Narrows for the purpose of reclaiming water from
the trunk line now carrying effluent from Upper San Gabriel Valley
Sanitation Districts 15, 16, 17, 21 and 22.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
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of this resolution and shall cause a certified copy hereof to be
forwarded to the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County and to
the governing boards of Sanitation Districts 15, 16, 17, 21 and 22
of Los Angeles County.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at an adjourned. regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Arcadia, held on the 22nd day of October, 1959, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Jacobi, Camphouse, Reibold and Phil-
lips
NOES:
None
ABSENT: Councilman Balser
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City Cler 0 the City 0 Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 22nd day of October, 1959.
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the City of Arcadia
City Clerk
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