Orange County Business History, Part I, Water

1. Orange County
Water
The history of water in the OC and the
businesses and
bodies of water that provide the residents of
OC with
their water needs

2. Presented By:
Leimomi Kamiya
Sponsored by the Walter Schmid Center
for International Business

3. Walter
Schmid
1902-1995
Businessman
& Entrepreneur

4. A severe drought
in the 1860s
devastated the
OC’s prevailing
industry, cattle
ranching
History

5. In 1969, court
ruling finally
provided
guarantee that
Santa Ana
River water
would flow
through OC
Histor
y

6. Santa Ana River is
the county's
principal
watercourse, flowing
through the middle
of the county from
Northeast to
Southwest
Santa Ana River

7. The OC’s major tributary to the South and
East is the Santiago Creek
Santiago Creek

8. Aliso
Creek
Aliso Creek is an
Orange County
Watercourse

9. San Juan Creek
San Juan Creek is an
Orange County
Watercourse

10. San Gabriel River
In the North, the San
Gabriel River briefly
crosses into OC and
exits into the Pacific
on the Los Angeles-
Orange County line

11. Laguna Lakes
Laguna Beach is
home to the
county's only
natural lakes,
Laguna Lakes

12. Orange County Water
District
The OCWD is located
at 18700 Ward Street,
Fountain Valley, CA
92708

13. Orange County Water
District
The OCWD is
a special
district
formed in
1933 as an
act by the
California
Legislature

14. Orange County Water
District
OCWD manages
large groundwater
basin under north
and central OC.

15. Orange County Water
District
OCWD protects the
flow of the Santa
Ana River into the
OC, which is the
primary source of
water
replenishing the
groundwater basin

16. Orange County Water
District
A groundwater
basin is a large
natural
underground
reservoir
that filters water as
it
enters a basin &

17. Orange County Water
District
The OCWD
provides water
needs for 2.3
million OC
residents

18. Orange County Water
District
The OCWD
provides water
to more than 14
cities in all of
Orange County

19. Orange County Water
District
The Yorba Linda Water District uses the
groundwater in Orange County

20. Orange County Water
District
The Serrano Water District uses the
groundwater in Orange County

21. Orange County Water
District
The Southern
California Water
Company uses
the groundwater
in Orange
County

22. Orange County Water
District
The Irvine Ranch
Water District uses
the groundwater in
Orange County

23. Orange County Water
District
The Mesa Consolidated Water District
uses the groundwater in Orange County

24. Orange County Water
District
The OCWD
purchased land
located along Santa
Ana River to allow
percolation into their
deep amplifiers

25. Orange County Water
District
The OCWD stores
water for
replenishment
purposes on land
behind Prado Dam.

26. Orange County Water
District
OCWD has replenished and maintained
the groundwater basin at safe levels
while more than doubling the basin’s

27. Municipal Water District of
Orange County
The MWDOC is
located at
18700 Ward
Street, Fountain
Valley, CA 92708

28. Municipal Water District of
Orange County
The MWDOC
provides water
that is imported
from Northern
California and
the Colorado
River

29. Municipal Water District of
Orange County
MWDOC is a member of
the Metropolitan Water
District of Southern
California (MET), which
supplies imported water to
six Southern California
counties

30. Municipal Water District of
Orange County
The MWDOC has a service area of
approximately 600 square miles in Orange

31. The
Groundwater
Replenishment
System
The Groundwater replenishment system is a
water project that provides northern and
central Orange County with a new
supplemental source of safe, high-quality

32. The Groundwater Replenishment
System
The Groundwater
Replenishment System
takes highly treated
sewer water and
purifies it to levels
that meet state and
federal drinking water
standards - as pure as
bottled water

33. The Groundwater Replenishment
System A three-step
process that
includes reverse
osmosis,
microfiltration,
ultraviolet light
and hydrogen
peroxide
advanced
oxidation
treatment

34. The Groundwater Replenishment
System
Reverse osmosis
uses pressure to
force a solution
through a
membrane and
allows the pure
solvent to pass to
the other side

35. Orange County Flood
Most of Orange County is located on a
flood plain

36. Orange County Floods
High flood flows caused a steel bridge to
collapse

37. Orange
County
Floods
The storm of February 4-7, 1937 resulted
in the highest four day rainfall totals at
several stations in the Santa Ana River

38. Orange County Floods
In1938, a series of
heavy rainstorm
caused a storm,
which caused the
Santa Ana River
to overflow the
Santa Ana
Canyon

39. Orange County
Floods
On
September
21, 1939, a
tropical
rainstorm
with heavy
winds struck
the
Huntington

40. Orange County Floods
In November of
1965, Southern
California
experienced the
most significant
rainfall flooding
since 1938

41. Orange
County
Floods
In 1968,Wide Canyon Dam was
constructed to control flood flows from a
large drainage area prone to producing

42. Orange County
Floods
February 24,
1969, almost 6
inches of rain
fell, overflowing
dams and
flooding parks
and nearby
canyons in
Huntington
Beach

43. Orange County Floods
2 storm periods
in 1969
produced the
greatest flood
peaks in the
Santa Ana
River at
Riverside in 31
years

44. Beaches and Harbors
Aliso Beach Park
features sandy
beaches, rock
promontories,
and scenic
coastal foothills

45. Beaches and Harbors
Bolsa Chica State
Beach is a
popular place for
surf fishing for
perch, corbina,
croaker,
cabezon and sand
shark

46. Beaches and
Harbors
Capistrano Beach during
the summer offers free cold
drinks, ice cream, candy
and other food items

47. Beaches and Harbors
Corona
Del Mar
Beach
was used
in the TV
series,
Gilligan’s
Island

48. Beaches and Harbors
Crystal Cove Beach offers a 1,140 acre
underwater park for snorkelers and
scuba divers

49. Beaches and Harbors
At the turn of the 19th century, Dana Point was
the only major harbor between San Diego and

50. Beaches and
Harbors
Doheny State Beach is the readers' choice
as the County's "Best Camping Site",
featuring California camping at its best

51. Beaches and
Harbors
Huntington Beach
offers Sunset
Gondola Rides,
which span six
islands in Sunset
Beach and
Huntington
Beach

52. Beaches and Harbors
Laguna Beach
offers whale
and dolphin
watch cruises
and is the
location for
the MTV
show Laguna
Beach

53. Beaches and Harbors
Newport Beach
contains seven
islands and
offers a
catamaran
boat service
to the
Catalina

54. Beaches and Harbors
Salt Creek Beach
is at the bottom
of a hill and base
of a cliff beneath
the five diamond
Ritz-Carlton
Laguna Niguel

55. Beaches and Harbors
Seal Beach is
named for the
seals that
once swam
the waters of
this quaint
seaside
community

56. Beaches and
Harbors
Sunset Beach offers soft sand, beach volleyball
nets, ample restrooms and is favored for
windsurfing

57. Special Thanks to
Shauna Farley
The Waltmar Business Foundation
The Orange County Water District
Chapman University

58. Information Provided by1. The Orange County Water District
2. http://www.mwdoc.com
3. http://www.ocwd.com
4. http://www.gwrsystem.com/about/index.html
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis
6. http://www.floodcontrol.co.riverside.ca.us/content/history.htm
7. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1916/laflood.html
8. http://www.hbsurfcity.com/history/floodhis.htm
9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods_in_California
10. http://www.ocgov.com
11. http://www.beachcalifornia.com
12. http://www.parks.ca.gov/
13. http://www.lagunabeach.com

59. Pictures Provided By
• Picture of Walter Schmid provided in an email from Yeun-Yi Cheung
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• http://www.wildlandsconservancy.org/projects%20images/santiago_creek.jpg
• http://www.sawpa.org/images/logos/ocwdlogo-sm.gif
• http://www.intpln.com/images/logo2.gif
• http://www.visitusa.com/california/images/beach-photos/orange-county/aliso-creek-county-beach/alisocreek-view.jpg
• http://www.orangecountyhorseproperty.com/images/rio_creek.jpg
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• http://www.ocwd.com
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• http://www.co.orange.nc.us/socsvcs/images/j0395836.jpg
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• http://filelibrary.myaasite.com/Content/14/14298/11763228.jpg
• http://www.surfline.com/surf-report/seal-beach-southern-california_4217/travel/

60. Pictures Provided By (Cont.)
• http://www.teachsocal.org/orangemap.jpg
• http://www.ylwd.com/images/YLWD-Logo.jpg
• http://www.serranowater.org/images/Frt_Img.jpg
• http://www.basinwater.com/images/solutions/socal2.jpg
• http://parkerlab.bio.uci.edu/pictures/photography%20pictures/windmill.jpg
• http://www.floodcontrol.co.riverside.ca.us/content/history.htm
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• http://www.cbre.com/NR/rdonlyres/BBF79A29-9B49-11D5-A90B-00508B5B0FEB/278505/OrangeCountyRegional1.jpg
• http://www.nearfield.com/~dan/sports/bike/river/sa/D1281.jpg
• http://www.lagunasurfshop.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/lagunasurfshop/2007/May/laguna-surf-shop.jpg
• http://www.floodcontrol.co.riverside.ca.us/images/sevenoaks86.jpg
• http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/pradodam_IKO_2005018_lrg.jpg
• http://www.jessstryker.com/national-parks/rocky-mountains/images/ColoradoRiver1.jpg
• http://www.landscapeonline.com/research/lol/2007/07/img/13925.jpg
• http://www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us/city-files/images/WaterServices.jpg
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• http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/03/05/us/05canyon-531.jpg
• http://www.ci.huntington-beach.ca.us/images/Huntington_Beach_360a.jpg
• http://www.surfline.com/surf-report/corona-del-mar-southern-california_4879/travel/
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