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CITY OF POWAY
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TD: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council_
PROM: James L. Bowersox, City
DATE: June 10, 1986
SUBJECT Supplying TreatedWater to the Ramna Municipal Water District
i�GT�OUND
Attached for your review is a copy of a letter to the San Diego County Water
Authority from the Ramona Municipal Water District. This letter, which will be
discussed by the San. Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors on vune 12,
1986, describes the treated water dilemma faced by Ramona Municipal Water
District. According to the letter, the City of Poway, by means -of an -agreement
with the San Diego County Water Authority, "provided 39 percent of Ramona's
potable water needs" in 1985. After describing the alternatives available to
} address the needs of the Ramona Municipal Water District, they conclude by
stating "What is unperative is that the citizens of Ramona cannot be left
without potable water supplies. "'Further, Ramona Municipal Water District
requests San Diego County Water Authority staff and consulting assistance "to
develop the most cost effective and suitable resolution of the problem."
FIND
The Poway City Council has, on several occasions, advised the Ramona Municipal
Water District of the probable loss of treated water from Poway in 1989. It is
apparent that with only three years remaining of the term of the agreement that
no plans exist for correcting or financing the need for potable water in Ramona.
If one reads reports of new construction in Ramona, -you can only surmise that
the dependency on treated water from Poway will increase. It would appear that
Ramona's problem is only going to get worse before it gets better. As a nxmber
of the San Diego County Water Authority, it is important to point out this major
problem to the Board of Directors.
A loss of 39 percent of the potable water needs is Virtually a crisis with the
lead time necessary to undertake a majorcapital improvements .
ACTION:
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REOMENDATION
It is recc:nmended that the City of Poway representative to the San Diego County
Water Authority, Alan Archibald, be directed to present the above concerns to
the Board of Directors on June 12, 1986. It is further recommended that in con-
sideration of the gravity of the situation, that a moritorium on new water ser-
vice hookups be required; as a condition of San Diego County Water Authority
assistance. This nx ritorium should remain in affect until a potable water plan
is developed, financing assured, and a reasonable ccletion date is guaranteed.
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Attachments:
Ramona Municipal Water District Letter dated March 25, 1986
JUN 1 0 1986
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