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RESOLUTION
Resolution No. 3598
April 25, 1991
Item #20
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock has discussed with
Mr. John Williams, Canadian River Water Authority general manager, the
problems associated with increasing chloride content of water obtained from
the Canadian River Water Authority; and
WHEREAS, the major contributor of saline water to the Canadian River
System has been identified as artesian springs in the vicinity of Logan,
New Mexico, by a 1984 Bureau of Reclamation study; and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Reclamation study indicates that the salt
problem could be controlled by drilling one or more wells into the artesian
aquifer and disposing of the brine produced into a deeper strata; and
WHEREAS, federal assistance is being sought to solve the problem, but
such assistance has not yet been approved; and
WHEREAS, the serious nature of the problem requires action as soon as
possible for the good of the citizens of all communities that are customers
of the Canadian River Water Authority; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock desires that immedi-
ate steps be taken to prepare a preliminary engineering evaluation of the
feasibility of the salinity control project and to update the 1984 Bureau
of Reclamation study; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock desires that such
study be undertaken using local funding provided by the affected cities in
the event that federal assistance is not promptly forthcoming; NOW THERE-
FORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, hereby urges the
prompt undertaking of a preliminary engineering evaluation of the feasi-
bility of salinity control of the Canadian River System using local funds
provided by member cities; and that in the event that federal assistance is
not provided in the near future, the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, encourages the pursuit of funding of the salinity control project
using local funds provided by member cities. Further, the City Council of
the City of Lubbock, Texas, hereby pledges its support of the salinity con-
trol project to the Canadian River Water Authority to assure the safety and
welfare of the citizens of the City of Lubbock and other participating mu-
nicipalities.
Passed by the City Council this 25th day of April , 1991.
ATTEST:
Kanej�te boya, city secretary
A OVED AS TO CONTENT:
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D n Hawkins, Director of Water
Utilities
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ald G. Vandiver, Firs
Assistant City Attorney
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