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Executive Summary <br />ES.1 History of Pat Mayse Lake Study Commitfee <br />The City of Paris, Texas (City) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) <br />with the City of Itving, Texas (Irving) on January 14, 2008 for the purpose of evaluating issues <br />related to the potential sale of water to Irving. To assist the City in evaluating the potential sale <br />of water, the City authorized the creation of the Pat Mayse Lake Study Committee (Committee). <br />The goal of the Committee is to "Educate, inform, and advise the Paris City Council and citizens <br />of Lamar County as to the best long-range coinmitment of its water resources." Four key <br />deliverables were identified by the Committee to assist in achieving their goals including: <br />• A determination of the total amount of water available to the community from <br />existing sources; <br />• A detet7nination of the total amount of water required for local consumption, <br />contractual obligations, reserves, and futw•e needs (through 2060); <br />• Recommendations for additional water resources to be explored in order to <br />expand the existing water supply base; and <br />• Periodic communications to the Paris City Council and community to keep them <br />informed of the progress of the Committee. <br />The City entered into a contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR) to provide <br />consulting services related to the investigation of a potential water sale to Irving. HDR's services <br />were initiated in June of 2008 and included numerous meetings with the Committee to discuss <br />the following analyses: <br />0 Information on estiinates of future water demands of the City and their existing <br />customers through 2060; <br />• Information on water supplies available from existing supply sources based on <br />estimated year 2060 conditions; and <br />• Information on potential additional water supplies which could reasonably be <br />developed by the City. <br />Key definitions and abbreviations included throughout this report include the following. <br />0 Acre-feet - This is a common measurement of volume of water. An acre-foot is <br />the volume of water represented by the area of ] acre covered by one foot of <br />City of Paris - Pat Muyse Lake Study tal <br />January 2009 - Draft ES-1 43 <br />