By:  Johnson                                         H.C.R. No. 134
       73R9948 SAJ-D
                                 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, An adequate supply of domestic water is vital to the
    1-2  needs of all Texans and is the foundation of rural economic
    1-3  development; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, Water suppliers in rural areas across the Lone Star
    1-5  State have sought to meet this requirement and have developed and
    1-6  provided a service that greatly enhances the quality of life for
    1-7  countless Texans; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, Recognizing that they could best meet the needs of
    1-9  their members if they joined together to work for the common good,
   1-10  a small group of rural water system leaders gathered in Austin in
   1-11  1969 to form the Texas Association of Rural Water Supply
   1-12  Corporations; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, For the past 25 years this admirable organization,
   1-14  now known as the Texas Rural Water Association, has diligently
   1-15  worked to provide a high-quality potable water supply for rural
   1-16  Texans; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, It is most fitting that the Texas Legislature honor
   1-18  this outstanding organization and the many rural water system
   1-19  leaders who have capably served their neighbors and, in doing so,
   1-20  have greatly enhanced economic development opportunities across the
   1-21  state; now, therefore, be it
   1-22        RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas
   1-23  hereby congratulate the Texas Rural Water Association on the
   1-24  occasion of its 25th anniversary and designate January 14, 1994, as
    2-1  Rural Water Day in Texas.