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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COl~WSION <br /> <br /> <br />A lLniteJ water supply is already a fact of life in many areas of Texas, and <br /> <br /> <br />as the population and econony of the state grows, an ever increasing denand <br /> <br /> <br />will be placed on the state's water resources. The urgency and importance of <br /> <br /> <br />improved water use efficiency - CONS~RVATIOU - is obvious. Both technical and <br /> <br /> <br />:nanageria1 methods will be needed to realize the efficiency improvenents that <br /> <br /> <br />are pos:.;io1e. Research and public awareness programs are also vitally Lnpor- <br /> <br /> <br />tant elenents that will be used to pronate conservation awareness and to en- <br /> <br /> <br />courage peo~le to practice conservation. <br /> <br />GSJislation enacted by the Texas LSJislature and approveJ by Texas voters in <br /> <br /> <br />1985 and new legislation enacted in 1987 estab1isheJ both water conservation <br /> <br /> <br />and financing prograns that can .nake a significant contribution toward <br /> <br /> <br />averti~J serious water problens in the future. The state is fully co~nitted <br /> <br /> <br />to water conservation. However, it will require new views and attitudes <br /> <br /> <br />toward the state's water resources by the people of 'faxas, by cities, by <br /> <br />utilIties, and by pUblic officials to <nake water conservation successful. <br /> <br />-6- <br />