[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12168-12169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

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  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, this Saturday, June 
14, the Orange County Water District will celebrate its 75th 
anniversary. Along with the other members of the Orange County 
delegation, I introduced House Resolution 1199 to honor this 
significant occasion.
  The Orange County Water District's 75th anniversary is particularly 
meaningful as it comes just months after we opened up the largest 
groundwater treatment replenishment system in the Nation on January 10, 
2007. The replenishment system is on the cutting edge of water reuse 
technology. It will purify 70 million gallons of water a day, providing 
clean water to over 100,000 families in Orange County.
  The vision and the initiative by the District in establishing the 
groundwater replenishment system is the reason it received the 2008 
Clair A. Hill Award and was named the Public Water Agency of the Year 
in 2008.
  The District is a leader in identifying and creating new and exciting 
options to meet the water needs of California, of the Nation and of the 
world, and I hope that this resolution will make its way to this House 
quickly.

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