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Mutual Aid Compact A JOINT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING COMMON LOCAL POLICIES FOR MUTUAL AID DURING WATER SUPPLY EMERGENCIES IN REGION J, NORTH CAROLINA WHEREAS, the 1987 World-Class Region Conference expressed a broad based commitment to specific actions for enhancing the economic, environmental, and human resources of the cities and counties comprising Region J, North Carolina; and, WHEREAS, utility infrastructure with sufficient capacity and reliability is essen- tial to the Region's continued economic strength; and, WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the parties to this Resolution recognize an increasing interdependence of water supply, development, and disposal activities expressed by the phrase "We all drink from die same bowl;" and, WHEREAS, the increasing number of interconnections between local water systems provide the basis of a larger, more coherently planned water supply network; and, WHEREAS, such interconnections should be designed to meet water supply needs ranging from short term emergency service measured in days; to seasonal drought supplements lasting for weeks or months; to longer duration transfers capable of satisfying interlocal water supply needs over a period of years; and, WHEREAS, the Region's overall water resources are sufficient to meet most for- eseeable local emergencies without undue hardship on neighboring water systems within the Region; and, WHEREAS, an important element of the Region's high quality of life is the diversity and uniqueness of its individual communities, with those identities often expressed through different philosophies of growth, development, and capital facility expansion. NOW THEREFORE, the governing bodies of the parties to this Resolution having deter- mined that the public health, safety and welfare will be served and benefited by their cooperation as hereinafter set out; and, in the desire to assure adequate service during temporary disruptions caused by failure of the of the water supply, treatment, or trans- mission/distribution systems of any of the parties, do mutually resolve as follows: 01.5