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2~ <br />1V.~utual Aid ~o~~~.~ ~~ct <br />. ~. . <br />A. J~(NT RESQI.,UTI~~I <br />ESTASLISF°IING C4MINON LQGAL POLICIES FaR MUTUAL AlD <br />DURING WATER SUPPLY ENIERGEI~ICIES I1J REGION J, NQRTH DAROLINA <br />~'t'I II:ItI~AS, the 1987 World-Class Region Conferenco~ expressed a broad bascc[ <br />cornrnitriient to specific actions for enhancing tlae r..conoiriic, en~~iranrnGnt.rl, <br />artd human resources of the cities and counties camprisittg Region J, North <br />Carolina; and, <br />~~'ItIrRE/1S, utility infrastructure with sufficient capacity and reliability is escerrt- <br />till to the Region's continued economic strength; and, <br />~'i'IIL'ItI±.AS, the governing bodies of the parties to this Resolution recognize art <br />increasing interdeFrendersce of water supply, development, and disposal <br />activities expressed by lire phrase "We al! drink frort~ the sarue bawl;" arrcl. <br />~'VIIFR~AS, the increasing number of interconnections between local water systems <br />provide the basis of a larger, more coherently planned water. supply network; <br />and, <br />~'~'IlCItI~AS, such interconnections should be designed lt~ tireet:water supply r>crcis <br />ranging froth short terrt~ emergency service nteasurecl in days: to se:-scrrr:rl drerrrJ;ht <br />supplcmenls lasting tar weeks or months; to longer duration transfers c.y~al~lr ~rf <br />satisfying interlocal water supply needs over a period of years; and, <br />~~'III:ItI~AS, the Region's overall water resources are suffieient,to trrect nrcrxt Ctrr- <br />eseeable local emergencies wi4hout undue hardship on neighbarites water <br />systems within.the-Region; and, <br />'VV~II~RCAS, an irnparlartt element of the Region's higlr~yuality.uf life is the Jirercity <br />and urticlueness of its individu7l coulmunities, with those deutitirs aCtrn rxl~rcctic~cl <br />through different philosophies of growth, developttiotrt,.attd capital facility cxpansiorr. <br />NpVV'I'~IRREF~RR, the governing bodies of the parties to ilris Resolution havin~* ilctcr- <br />mined that the public health, safety and welfare will be served and benefited by their <br />cooperation as hereinafter set out; and, in the desire to assure adeyuatc service during <br />tert~pvrary disruptions caused by failure of the of tire. water supply; treatnrcnt, ur tr:tns- <br />rrrissianldistribution systems of any of the parties; do.ta~utually resolve tts foflv~~•s: <br />