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~ . THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION UNDER THE TEXAS GENERAL ARBITRATION ACT CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF POTABLE WATER AND THE CONSTRUCTION, FINANCING AND OPERATION OF WATER TREATMENT TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES THIS CONTRACT (the ~ Z. ~ day "Contract") made and entered into as of the of .AJ~' , 191f4 by and between La Porte Area Water "Authori ty.), a conservation and reclamation district Authority ,(the in Harris County, Texas, and a governmental agency and a body politic and corporate, created by Chapter 729, page 2678, .~cts of the 67th Leg islature of the State of Texas, Regular Sess ion, 1981 (the "Act"), and the City of La Porte, Texas, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas (the "City"), WIT N E SSE T H: WHEREAS, the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District (the "Subsidence District"), was created by the Legislature of Texas in 1975 for the purpose of regulating the withdrawal of groundwater from the area wi thin the boundaries of Harris County and Galveston County in order to end subsidence which contributes to or precipitates flooding, inundation or overflow of any area within the District~ WHEREAS, the Subsidence District is charged with the duty and has the power to control and prevent subsidence within its boundaries by reducing the amount of groundwater withdrawals from all wells wi thin the Subsidence District which produce groundwater, including those owned and operated by corporations, governmental subdivisions or agencies and other organizations~ wHEREAS, the City and other Participants named in Section 2.01 hereof are required by the rules and regulations of the Subsidence