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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0014|     
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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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