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WATER CONSERVATION
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth finds and is
of the opinion that while existing and currently planned water supplies,
including the Richland Creek Reservoir, are adequate to meet projected
.~ -urea requirements until about 2025, at some point additional supplies
will be difficult and significantly more expensive to obtain; and
WHEREAS, the State of Texas has determined that the conservation
of and protection of water supplies to be in the best interests of its
citizenry and requires the submission of water conservation plans by those
engaged in various water approval and permitting processes; and
WHEREAS, there exists a need to manage the costs associated with
providing the water treatment and distribution capacity necessary to satisfy
the increasing peak daily and hourly demands which are largely the result
of summer outdoor water use; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is concerned with maintaining adequate
wastewater treatment capacity to serve an expanding regional population
and recognizes that efforts which encourage reduction of average daily
per capita wastewater flows without impairing economic development are
in the best interests of the City of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to fully integrate the concept
and methods of water demand management into long range planning, water
and wastewater facility design and construction, and capital improvement
budgeting:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the Fort 4Jorth City Council
adopts the amended Fort Worth Water Conservation Plan dated March; 1989,
and authorizes the Director of the Fort tdorth Water Department to utilize
the Plan, when required, in its submissions to State agencies and to propose
modifications as necessary to meet State and local goals.
APPROVED BY
CITY COIFNCIL
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Jiy Secretary of the
Ci~4 4~oY Wamh, Texap
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