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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 Do <br />street system, traditionally smaller lots and home sizes, and le <br />the automobile. More recently, the development reflects a contem <br />design with curvilinear street systems, the use of cul-de-sacs, and larger <br />more irregularly shaped lots. Similar to many communities across <br />States, the increased reliance on the automobile has caused more <br />patterns of development. To serve this development has required <br />degree of public infrastructure that now needs to be maintained. <br /> <br />Water Summary <br />The supply of water is a significant long-term issue for any com <br />needs to be planned well in advance of future needs. The primary <br />Elevated Storage Tank at <br />of water for the City is from the City of Houston via the La Por <br />Fairmont Park <br />Water Authority, which supplies treated surface water to the cit <br /> <br />delivered to six City water plants and deposited in groundwater <br />displayed in Map 3.2, Water Supply and Distribution System, the six <br />water plants are located at: <br />Fairmont Park (Hillridge) Water Plant (see inset); <br />th <br />Plant 3 (Fairmont/4 Street) Water Plant; <br />Plant 4 (Broadway) Water Plant; <br />th <br />Plant 5 (S. 25 Street) Water Plant; <br />Plant 7 (Bandridge) Water Plant; and <br />5 <br />Plant 9 (Humprheville) Water Plant. <br /> <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative <br />Although each of these water plants distribute surface water, th <br />also capable of distributing groundwater supplied from seven wel <br />6 <br />throughout the City. This capability exists because the City previously and <br />exclusively utilized groundwater for its water source up until t <br />the City transitioned to the surface water used today. <br /> <br />After leaving the water plants and the groundwater tanks, the tr <br />is then re-ty- <br />operated water distribution system. The four elevated storage ta <br />are: <br />Main EST; <br />Fairmont EST; <br /> <br /> <br />5 <br /> City of La Porte Water Master Plan by HDR and Claunch & Miller. <br />6 <br /> <br />from seven groundwater wells tapping into the Gulf Coast Water A <br />Porte Water Quality Report for 2010. <br />3.7 <br /> <br />2. <br />z Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />