HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2004-165 cooperative with northwest tucson municipal water providers relating to a tucson active management areaMARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2004-165
RELATING TO WATER SERVICE; AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MARANA TO
COOPERATE WITH OTHER NORTHWEST TUCSON AREA MUNICIPAL WATER
PROVIDERS TO CONVINCE THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION THAT A
NORTHWEST TUCSON ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT
RELIABILITY RESERVOIR IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE AREA'S FUTURE
POTABLE WATER SUPPLY.
WHEREAS, the Town of Marana, Flowing Wells Irrigation District, Metropolitan Domestic
Water Improvement District, and the Town of Oro Valley (hereinafter collectively referred to as
'NW Municipal Providers') have worked with the United States Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter
referred to as 'Reclamation') for ten years to plan for the future potable water supply for the
customers within their service areas; and
WHEREAS, the NW Municipal Providers and Reclamation completed the Southern Arizona
Regional Water Management Study (' SARWMS') in 2000, a broad-based and thorough evaluation
of northwest regional potable supply alternatives; and
WHEREAS, the NW Municipal Providers and Reclamation completed a 2002 pilot study of
slowsand and reverse osmosis treatment of Central Arizona Project water, which confirmed high
quality water could be produced at significant cost savings; and
WHEREAS, Central Arizona Project water is a critical component of the future planned
"wet" water supply by treatment and direct delivery or by recharge and recovery for the NW
Municipal Providers; and
WHEREAS, SARWMS has established that a shared future treatment facility and
distribution system for Central Arizona Project water is a cost effective alternative for the NW
Municipal Providers; and
WHEREAS, ongoing revisions in water quality standards have highlighted the importance of
effective, robust and economically efficient water quality treatment technologies that can be
managed and incorporated into a shared treatment facility; and
WHEREAS, all potable water supplies delivered by the NW Municipal Providers must meet
customer requirements for taste and mineral content, in addition to Federal water quality standards,
and these customer requirements can most cost effectively be achieved in a shared treatment facility;
and
WHEREAS, Central Arizona Project infrastructure requires periodic planned maintenance
shutdowns and is also subject to unplanned emergency shutdowns; and
WHEREAS, a NW regional treatment facility for Central Arizona Project water can only
operate effectively with a reliable water supply; and
WHEREAS, Congress authorized construction of reliability features, under the Central
Arizona Project Tucson Reliability Division, in the Tucson area that will provide 'as reasonably
reliable as supply' to Tucson Central Arizona Project customers as to Phoenix Central Arizona
Project customers; and
WHEREAS, the Congressional authorization also included funding projections of up to $90
million for these Tucson-area reliability features; and
WHEREAS, as part of both SARWMS and the Tucson Aqueduct System Reliability
Investigation ('TASRI'), Reclamation and the NW Municipal Providers have done initial planning
for a reliability reservoir ('Reservoir') for the benefit of the NW Municipal Providers; and
WHEREAS, the cost of the Reservoir is estimated at approximately $23 million, which is
only a fraction of the total Congressional funding authorization for the Tucson Reliability Division
features; and
WHEREAS, in addition to providing supply reliability to the NW Municipal Providers, the
Reservoir will provide significant operational benefits for managing peak Central Arizona Project
demand and reducing Central Arizona Project power costs; and
WHEREAS, ongoing Congressional appropriations pursuant to the Tucson Reliability
Division authorization are required to fund the planning and construction of the Reservoir; and
WHEREAS, timely completion of the Reservoir in coordination with construction of
treatment and distribution infrastructure is critical to maintaining a high quality, reliable water
supply at reasonable cost;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. In cooperation with other NW Municipal Providers the Town will, (a)
continue to plan for the treatment and delivery of Central Arizona Project water as a critical element
of future potable supply, (b) fully support all necessary funding for planning, design, environmental
studies and construction of the NW Tucson Active Management Area reliability reservoir, (c)
continue to work cooperatively with the other NW Municipal Providers, Reclamation, Central
Arizona Water Conservation District and other parties to ensure that the Reservoir serves a Central
Arizona Project system management role as well as providing supply reliability for the NW
Municipal Providers.
SECTION 2. The various Town officers and employees are authorized and directed to
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perform all acts necessary or desirable to give effect to this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, this 7th day of December 2004.
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
"Frflnic Cassq4y/, Toi~'n Attorney/
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