WHEREAS:

1. The Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act (1996 Bond Law) established the Water Recycling Subaccount and provided for the sale of $60 million in bonds for financial assistance for the planning, design, and construction of water recycling projects;
   
2. The Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 (1988 Bond Law) provided for loans for the design and construction of water reclamation projects;
   
3. The 1996 Bond Law provided that repayments for water recycling loans from the 1988 Bond Law be deposited in the Water Recycling Subaccount for new loans and grants;
   
4. The State Water Resources Control Board established the Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant Program by adoption of the Water Recycling Funding Guidelines (WRF Guidelines) on April 17, 1997, which implemented provisions of the 1996 Bond Law as well as other bond laws;
   
5. A grant application was submitted by Orange County Water District requesting funding for the Groundwater Replenishment System facilities planning study;
   
6. The Office of Water Recycling staff has reviewed the application, Plan of Study, and other supporting information for the facilities planning study and has determined that the submitted documents comply with the WRF Guidelines; and
   
7. The WRF Guidelines provide that eligible costs are costs incurred after execution of the grant contract, and the Office of Water Recycling staff has concluded that it is desirable to allow costs incurred after approval of the grant commitment to be eligible.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board:

1. Approves an FPGP grant of $75,000 to Orange County Water District for the Groundwater Replenishment System facilities planning study.
   
2. Approves a special condition requiring submittal of the final facilities planning report by January 31, 1999. The Office of Water Recycling may approve up to a 12 month extension for good cause.
   
3. Approves funding for costs incurred after March 25, 1998.

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on March 25, 1998.

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board