By Oliveira                                            H.R. No. 202
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, The Public Utilities Board of Brownsville and the
 1-2     Southmost Regional Water Authority are constructing the Brownsville
 1-3     Weir and Reservoir on the Rio Grande approximately eight river
 1-4     miles downstream of the Gateway Bridge in Brownsville; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, The Brownsville Reservoir will be located within the
 1-6     existing bank of the Rio Grande and have a capacity of 6,000
 1-7     acre-feet (approximately two billion gallons) of water, and will
 1-8     generate up to 40,000 acre-feet of water per year; and
 1-9           WHEREAS, The Brownsville Weir and Reservoir is included in
1-10     the Texas Water Development Board's State Water Plan; and
1-11           WHEREAS, Water will be released downstream to satisfy flow
1-12     requirements of agriculture, marine, and environmental interests,
1-13     and the extra water will be available to the people of Brownsville
1-14     and the Southmost Regional Water Authority; now, therefore, be it
1-15           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
1-16     Legislature hereby support the Public Utilities Board of
1-17     Brownsville and the Southmost Regional Water Authority on the
1-18     construction of the Brownsville Weir and Reservoir; and, be it
1-19     further
1-20           RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
1-21     for the Public Utilities Board of Brownsville and the Southmost
1-22     Regional Water Authority.