Res 1979 7/5/1977RESOLUTION NO. /777
RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT
OF PERMIT NO. 504.
WHEREAS , the City of Wichita Falls and Wichita County
Water Improvement District No. 2 hold Permit No. 504, issued
by the Board of Water Engineers of the State of Texas on
March 22, 1921, which authorized the holders thereof to
impound 444,168 acre feet of water in Lake Kemp and 45,000
acre feet of water in Lake Diversion, and to divert and
appropriate from such lakes an amount of water not to exceed
1,000 ,000 acre feet per annum for irrigation, power and municipal
water supplies; and,
WHEREAS , these figures are now inaccurate, as the capacity
of Lake Kemp has been reduced by sedimentation to 268,000 acre
feet, and the two lakes are capable of yielding much less than
1,000 ,000 acre feet of water per year; and,
WHEREAS, the Texas Water Rights Commission has informed
the parties that no further action will be taken on the
application of West Texas Utilities Company for a contractual
permit to take water from Lake Kemp and Lake Diversion unless
the parties apply for a reduction to a more realistic figure
of their water rights under Permit 504.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
That certain application, a copy of which is attached
hereto, whereby the City and the Water District request
that the authorized capacity of Lake Kemp be reduced to
268 ,000 acre feet of water, and that the annual appropriation
of water be reduced to 193,000 acre feet of water per year,
is hereby approved, and the City Manager is authorized to
execute the same for the City of Wichita Falls.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 5th day of July, 1977.
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