Emerging Opportunities in South County Water/Wastewater Systems*

"There is currently no unified strategy for the future of water/wastewater provision in South Orange County." Response: TCWD disagrees partially with this finding. The group of water and wastewater service providers in South Orange County share a history of collaboration and cooperation in promoting effective water management policy and planning regional infrastructure. At the same time, each individual entity is responsible for the safe, reliable, and cost- effective provision of services that meets the unique conditions and circumstances of the ratepayers within its local communities, even if the entity also participates in a jointly governed organization such as South Orange County Wastewater Authority (SOCWA). The "unified strategy" is a common understanding of the roles and responsibilities of individual water/wastewater providers that also benefit from and rely on regional collaboration and knowledge transfer.