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<br />SENT BY: XEROX Te¡~capier 7017:12-13-88 : 8:42AM; 5122274323~ 512 299 8113'# 2/10 <br /> - ~!if~~'ð ~ ' <br /> DATI <br /> IN~ER~OCAL COOPERATION AGREZMEN~ <br />An aqreemen t amonq political subdivisions of the State <br />of Texas to underta~e a cooperative effort to develop a <br />proqram to properly manage the waters of the Edwards <br />Aquifer. <br />WHmREAS, the availability of a water supply of adequate <br />quantity and quality is essential fer all purposes, including <br />municipal, aqricultural, industrial, environmental and <br />recreational; and <br />WHEREAS, the Edwards Aquifer is a major and in some instances <br />sole souroa of water for a significant area of TexasJ and <br />WHEREAS, the continuous and. sustained \\7ithò.rawal of <br />gt'oundwater from the Edwards ~quifer in excess of the averafiJe <br />annual recharge will QO subatantial injury to the Edwards Aquifer <br />and the general e~onomy and welfare of this Stat~, and <br />WHERE~S, proç)l:lJ; management of the Edwards Aquifer r~qu.ires <br />the implementation of a ragulatory management pro~ram which will <br />prevent overdraft1nq and non"deqradatioo. of water oft-he Edwards <br />Aauifer: and <br />WHEREAS, such a management program must take into account and <br />protect: existing water US85, including spring flows from the <br />Edwards I\quifer, and at the sarna time, consider the future needs <br />and demands of the area1 and <br />WHEREAS, legislation is needed in order to prooerlv imDl~men~ <br />such re~ional wat~r planninq and management: and <br /> - 1 - <br />