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the City. Implicit within that attitude ate deliberately chosen trade-oris between preserving the existing quality of life -F --, y- -'11~~-Y-éon+- -'-u-'- ,~~-'-~~""'-- residents ana allowing growth and economic development to extend that quality of life to more people. The policies presented here are either taken from the Master Plan or based on positions taken by the City Council which specifically deal with the Water and Wastewater system. Taken as a whole, these policy statements represent the City's s-c.ra tegy to develop a sound, reliable utility system for the leas"c cos"c to the San Marcos . ¿' C1C1zen. WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Goal: To provide the citizens of San Marcos with an adequate, - safe, and sanitary supply of water with adequate water pressure to serve the contìnued population and industrial growth 1n the City. Objective 1: To provide an adequate, safe, reliable, and sanitary supply of high quality water in sufficient quantities to s e rv e the City of San Marcos 1n the year 2000. policy 1-1: The City will monitor its growth and population curve, and provide additional well capacity 1n advance of the demand in such increments as are necessary to provide an increase of 10,000,000 gallons of water per day by the population level of 46,033 (approximate year 2000). Pol icy 1-2: The City shall begin to develop alternative sources of IlIa ter, including surface vIa ter , well 1n advance of the Edwards Aquifer becoming inadequate for the needs of the City. Objective 2: To make the existing distribution system adequate within the next five years. Policy 2-1: Additional approach mains will be added 1n the next five years to provide adequate capacity to areas such as the Gary Job Corps Center. Policy 2-2: The City will replace all two-inch lines in the distribution sys'cem wi thin the next five years.