CambriaWaterConservationRetrofitOrdinance.docVIP

PAGE  PAGE 3 ORDINANCE NO. 01-2003 DATED: FEBRUARY 13, 2003 ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CAMBRIA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT REGARDING WATER CONSERVATION AND RETROFIT PROGRAM SECTION 1. FINDINGS A. The water supply of the Cambria Community Services District is obtained from groundwater basins and/or underflow of San Simeon Creek and Santa Rosa Creek which are recharged by annual rains; and underground reservoir capacities of said groundwater basins and/or underflow are adversely affected by reduction in average rainfall and increased demands by water users in the District; and B. The District is subject to the provisions of Order WR 89-19 by the State Water Resources Control Board for Santa Rosa Creek which among other things, prohibits interference with other rights and instream beneficial uses, requires the District to cease diversions when water levels in its monitoring wells fall below 3 feet above mean sea level, or when vertical ground deformation exceeds the limit established in the ground deformation monitoring program, and deliver water to upstream riparian users when their wells become unusable; and the provisions of Order WR 88-22 by the State Water Resources Control Board for San Simeon Creek which, among other things, prohibits interference with other rights and instream beneficial uses, requires the District to deliver water to upstream riparian users when their wells become unusable, and implement all cost-effective measures identified in a water conservation program; and C. General welfare requires that the water resources of the District be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent capable, and conservation of such water is to be exercised in the interests of the residents of the District and for the public welfare; pursuant to the directive of Article X, Section 2 of the California Constitution establishing the States policy of water conservation and prohibition of waste, and pursuant to the statutory authority gra