0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 101
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| CARLOS R. CISNEROS
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0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012| REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO SPONSOR A SPECIAL
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0013| SYMPOSIUM DURING THE INTERIM ON WASTEWATER PROBLEMS.
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0015| WHEREAS, many cities and towns in New Mexico are not
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0016| complying with water quality standards; and
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0017| WHEREAS, some communities have exceeded their capacity for
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0018| treating wastewater and have moratoriums on new connections to
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0019| existing wastewater treatment systems; and
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0020| WHEREAS, millions of dollars in severance tax bond issues
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0021| are requested from the legislature each year for repairs,
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0022| expansion or construction of wastewater treatment systems; and
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0023| WHEREAS, more water can be polluted than the amount of
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0024| water the state can conserve in a given year; and
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0025| WHEREAS, remediating water pollution is at least as
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0001| important as water conservation in New Mexico's efforts to
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0002| provide adequate domestic water supplies;
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0003| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0004| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council be
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0005| requested to sponsor during the interim a special seminar on the
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0006| state's wastewater treatment problems and needs; and
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0007| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0008| transmitted to the co-chairmen of the New Mexico legislative
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0009| council and to the director of the legislative council service.
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