By Chisum H.C.R. No. 270 77R14436 CCK-D HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Section 16.053, Water Code, requires regional water 1-2 planning groups throughout the state to prepare regional water 1-3 plans that address 50-year water needs; initial submissions were 1-4 due in January 2001, with subsequent submissions to occur every 1-5 five years thereafter; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The Panhandle Regional Water Planning Group is 1-7 responsible for Region A comprising Armstrong, Carson, Childress, 1-8 Collingsworth, Dallam, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, 1-9 Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, 1-10 Randall, Roberts, Sherman, and Wheeler counties; and 1-11 WHEREAS, A proposed site known as the Sweetwater Creek 1-12 Reservoir, located in Wheeler County, potentially could serve as a 1-13 source of water for the Panhandle region, but requires further 1-14 study to determine if and how that potential can be achieved within 1-15 the parameters of the Red River Compact; now, therefore, be it 1-16 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-17 hereby direct the Panhandle Regional Water Planning Group to 1-18 examine the Sweetwater Creek Reservoir site in Wheeler County as a 1-19 potential water management strategy to supply water demands in the 1-20 region, and to determine the appropriateness of including such 1-21 reservoir in its regional water plan to be submitted to the Texas 1-22 Water Development Board in January 2006; and, be it further 1-23 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-24 encourage the Texas Water Development Board, through its funding of 2-1 the regional water planning process, to make money available to 2-2 enable the Panhandle Regional Water Planning Group to study the 2-3 Sweetwater Creek Reservoir as a potential water management 2-4 strategy; and, be it further 2-5 RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward two official 2-6 copies of this resolution to the executive director of the Texas 2-7 Water Development Board, one for purposes of that agency and the 2-8 other to be transmitted to the Panhandle Regional Water Planning 2-9 Group.