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WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has certified water appro-
priation filings , dating from 1914, for water in both the West
�► Fork and the Clear Fork of the Trinity River; and,
WHEREAS , Public Law 782 of Chapter 694 of the Laws of the
Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, authorizes the Secre-
tary of the Army to contract with the City of Fort Worth for the
use of water supply storage in the Benbrook Reservoir for mu-
nicipal water supply until such time as the water supply storage
is needed for navigational purposes ; and,
WHEREAS, the predecessor of the Texas Water Rights Commis-
sion, the Texas Board of Water Engineers , on July 6, 1959, ap-
proved Application No. 2126 of the City of Fort Worth to appro-
priate and divert waters of the Benbrook Reservoir, subject to the
condition that a water appropriation permit would be issued only
after the Board had been furnished with a copy of a contract
between the City of Fort Worth and the Corps of Engineers of the
United States Army for storage space in the Benbrook Reservoir;
and,
WHEREAS , no other agency is authorized by the aforesaid Pub-
lic Law 782 to contract for the interim use of water supply stor-
age in the Benbrook Reservoir for municipal water supply; and,
WHEREAS, the Benbrook Reservoir is an integral part of the
long-range water supply plan of the City of Fort Worth; and,
WHEREAS , in February of 1960, the City of Fort Worth and
Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 en-
tered into a long-range water supply contract, which is identi-
fied as Contract No. 4200 in the Office of the City Secretary
of the City of Fort Worth and which was approved by a vote of
the electorate of both the City and the Water District; and,
WHEREAS, the need of the City of Fort Worth for water from
the Benbrook Reservoir is recognized in Contract No. 4200, and
it is anticipated therein that the Water District will negotiate
contracts with the Federal Government, either directly or through
the City of Fort Worth, for the use of water from Benbrook
Reservoir; and,
WHEREAS , negotiations regarding the use by the City of
Fort Worth of water from the Benbrook Reservoir have been and
are being carried on by the City of Fort Worth and the Tarrant
County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 with the
Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, and such negotia-
tions are being diligently pursued; and,