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Landowners north and south of the Santa Ana River continued to fight over water rights as they had done since the river was first used for irrigation in 1810.
The large home which stands there today was built in 1872.
In 1875, Doctor Seth French, David P. Graves, John E. Stillman, William Hawley, John C. Thorpe, James M. Smith, and Allen Cameron purchased about 5,000 acres of internal improvement land and started the town that became Orange City, FL.
Hugh and Sophia DeYarman began construction of the first hotel in the summer of 1875.
The hotel is now called the 1876 Heritage Inn and is still open for business.
An 1880 court decision mandated that money must be devoted to the proper development and use of the main water supply.
Many notable organizations have contributed to the betterment of the Orange City community beginning in 1882 with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
Later, in 1889, the county of Orange was formally established
By 1920, Orange County had nine incorporated cities and a rapidly growing population.
2, 3, 7 and 11 formally organize under the Sanitary District Act of 1923.
In 1928, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) was created to bring water into the region from the Colorado River, and later from Northern California.
In 1931, the California State Water Plan became the first comprehensive outline for the use of water resources statewide.
To make sure this didn’t happen again, and to ensure a reliable supply of water, the California State Legislature formed the Orange County Water District (OCWD; the District) on June 14, 1933.
1933 The Orange County Water District was founded to protect and manage the Orange County Groundwater Basin.
In 1949, OCWD purchased imported water from MWD to refill the Orange County Groundwater Basin for the first time.
In 1954, groundwater users in the District agreed to register their wells and pay a pumping fee called the Replenishment Assessment (RA) to bring in additional revenue.
In 1965, OCWD injected imported water into the groundwater basin at the Alamitos Seawater Barrier for the first time.
1965 Fighting seawater intrusion along the coast became critical to keep the ocean from contaminating drinking water.
1969 OCWD expanded its managerial reach and effectiveness.
WF 21 received the first permit ever issued for direct injection of unblended purified wastewater into a seawater intrusion barrier in 1991.
2008 GWRS: The world’s largest advanced water purification plant to supplement drinking water supplies began operation.
OCSD ceases disinfection of its ocean discharge on March 17, 2015.
2015 Increasing the GWRS output capacity to serve future needs.
2017 Bottling advanced purified water for the first time in the Western Hemisphere.
OCSD and OCWD celebrated 10 years of the Groundwater Replenishment System in February 2018.
2019 OCWD Tackled PFAS. February Orange County Water District’s Philip L. Anthony Water Quality Laboratory was the first public agency laboratory in California to achieve state certification to analyze for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water.
In October 2020, OCSD rebranded changing the abbreviated name to OC San and updating the logo to be more reflective of the agency of today.
Governor Brown signs Assembly Bill (AB 2022) into law, allowing Californians to conveniently taste-test recycled water in their communities.
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