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<br />Focus Area 2 Adequate, Efficient, and Resilient Public Utilities <br />grown outward from its original settlement around what is now Downtown. <br />ly compact as a result of the grid <br />street system, traditionally smaller lots and home sizes, and less reliance on <br />the automobile. More recently, the development reflects a contemporary <br />design with curvilinear street systems, the use of cul-de-sacs, and larger <br />more irregularly shaped lots. Similar to many communities across the United <br />States, the increased reliance on the automobile has caused more spread out <br />patterns of development. To serve this development has required a greater <br />degree of public infrastructure that must now needs to be maintained. <br /> <br />Water Summary <br />The supply of water is a significant long-term issue for any community, which <br />needs to must be planned well in advance of future needs. The <br />Elevated Storage Tank at <br />primary source of water for the City is from the City of Houston via <br />Fairmont Park <br />the La Porte Area Water Authority, which supplies treated surface <br /> <br />water to the c <br />Treated surface water is delivered to six City water plants and <br />deposited in groundwater tanks. As displayed in Map 3.2, tĂƚĞƌ <br />^ƵƉƉůLJĂŶĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚŝŽŶ^LJƐƚĞŵ, the six water plants are located at: <br />Fairmont Park (Hillridge) Water Plant; <br /> <br />th <br />Plant 3 (Fairmont/4 Street) Water Plant; <br /> <br />Plant 4 (Broadway) Water Plant; <br /> <br />th <br />Plant 5 (S. 25 Street) Water Plant; <br /> <br />Plant 7 (Bandridge) Water Plant; and <br /> <br />5 <br />Plant 9 (Humprheville) Water Plant. <br /> <br /> <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative <br />Although each of these water plants distribute surface water, they <br />are also capable of distributing groundwater supplied from seven wells <br />6 <br />located throughout the City. This capability exists because the City <br />previously and exclusively utilized groundwater for its water source up until <br />the 1980s when the City transitioned to the surface water used today. <br /> <br />After leaving the water plants and the groundwater tanks, the treated water <br />is then re-- <br />operated water distribution system. The four elevated storage tanks (EST) <br />are: <br />Main EST; <br /> <br />Fairmont EST; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5 <br /> City of La Porte Water Master Plan by HDR and Claunch & Miller. October 2009. <br />6 <br /> <br />from seven groundwater wells tapping into the Gulf Coast Water Aquifer. City of La <br />Porte Water Quality Report for 2010. <br />3.7 <br /> <br />Infrastructure and growth capacity <br />2.ŝ Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />