BARTON SPRINGS/EDWARDS AQUIFER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL WATER PLAN

Whereas, the 75th legislature passed Senate Bill 1 in 1997 to address the water needs for Texas for the next 50 years; and,

Whereas, Region K was designated as one of the sixteen regions mandated to create a Regional Plan that would become part of a comprehensive Texas Water Plan; and,

Whereas, Region K was subsequently titled the Lower Colorado Regional Water Planning Area and encompasses all or portions of fourteen counties in the Colorado River Basin; and,

Whereas, the Lower Colorado Regional Water Planning Group (LCRWPG) sought and retained expert counsel and authorities to determine the future water needs of the region and to recommend strategies to address possible deficiencies in the water supply; and,

Whereas, After almost three years of research and study, the LCRWPG adopted those strategies so as to provide for the region's future water needs and will forward their Regional Water Plan to the Texas Water Development Board for consideration to be included in the Texas Water Plan;

Now therefore, be it resolved by the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, whose jurisdiction includes parts of Travis, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell Counties, that the Plan is designed to fairly and equitably provide for the future water needs of our area and of the region and that we the undersigned support acceptance of the Regional Water Plan by the Texas Water Development Board. The District recommends that Region K consider sustainability as the driving criteria for preparing future water plans for Region K.

The motion passed with 4 ayes, and 0 nays.

PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 16th DAY OF NOVEMBER,2000.