Bill Text: TX HR334 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the North Alamo Water Supply Corporation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-02 - Reported enrolled [HR334 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR334-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 334 |
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WHEREAS, The 50th anniversary of the North Alamo Water Supply | ||
Corporation provides a fitting opportunity to recognize the | ||
important role it plays in providing clean water to the people of | ||
the Rio Grande Valley; and | ||
WHEREAS, Recognizing an urgent need for potable water, a | ||
group of farmers and homeowners joined together in 1966 to form a | ||
water utility; the following year, the North Alamo Water Supply | ||
Corporation began providing households with clean drinking water | ||
and farmers with a reliable source of water for agricultural use; | ||
initially established in Hidalgo County, the project eventually | ||
expanded to include portions of Willacy and Cameron Counties; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, NAWSC is the largest rural water utility in | ||
Texas and the third-largest water utility in the Rio Grande Valley; | ||
encompassing 1,000 square miles and 17 cities or communities, it | ||
provides water to nearly 180,000 people, 24 schools, and 6 other | ||
public water systems; and | ||
WHEREAS, A pioneer in the desalination of brackish | ||
groundwater, NAWSC maintains six surface water treatment plants and | ||
five reverse osmosis treatment plants; together these facilities | ||
process more than 34 million gallons a day, which is delivered via | ||
3,500 miles of pipeline, 9 booster stations, and 8 elevated storage | ||
towers; four wastewater treatment facilities serve more than 3,260 | ||
connections in four communities, and the corporation is completing | ||
a new $11 million regional treatment and wastewater collection | ||
system; and | ||
WHEREAS, Serving a growing population while making the most | ||
of limited freshwater resources, the North Alamo Water Supply | ||
Corporation provides clean, safe water to hundreds of thousands of | ||
Texans and continues to be a leader in the water and wastewater | ||
utility industry in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of the North | ||
Alamo Water Supply Corporation and extend to its management and | ||
staff sincere best wishes for continued success with their | ||
important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for NAWSC as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Lucio III | ||
Longoria | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 334 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||