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e) eJ District to reduce their respective wi thdrawals of groundwater from their wells and replace such wi thdrawals wi th surface wa ter which has been properly treated for domestic use~ iffiEREAS, the Authority was created primarily for the purpose of providing water treatment and transmission facili ties necessary to serve municipal corporations, political subdivisions and others within an area described in Sect ion 3 of the Act, and may prov ide such fac i lit ies to persons, corporations, municipal corporations, political subdivi- sions and others within an area described within Section 5(b) of the Act~ WHEREAS, under the Act the Authority has specific power, among others, to (a) acquire surface Water supplies from sources inside and outside its boundaries, (b) treat, purify, transport, distribute, sell and deliver Water (as defined herein) to corporations, municipal corporations, political subdivisions of the State of Texas and others, (c) purchase, construct or otherwise acquire facilities and improvements n~cessary to carry out its powers, and (d) issue and sell its revenue bonds, wi thout the necess i ty of an elect ion, for the purpose, among others, of paying the cost of such facilities and improvements; WHERE_~,.s, at the request and for the benef i t of t.he City and such other Part ic ipan ts, the Au thor i ty proposes (a) to enter in to a contract with the City of Houston, Harris County, Texas, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, for the purchase of an undivided interest in the Pumping and production Capacity of the City of Houston's Southeast Water Purification Plant (hereinafter called the "Southeast Plant") and potable surface Water from the City of Houston's Southeast Plant, in an aggregate amount suf- ficient to supply the estimated potable surface Water requirements of -2-