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| Radio April 29, 2005     (512) 463-0300  Senator Ken
Armbrister Senator Ken Armbrister provides closing remarks on
SB3, the Omnibus Water Bill, which passed the Senate today. SB3
would provide an environmentally-conscious water management
policy for Texas.  Texas state will move to a more consistent
water management policy if a measure passed by the Senate Friday
becomes law, according to the author Victoria Senator Ken
Armbrister. Senate Bill 3 would begin the implementation of the
state's 50-year water plan. Lt. Governor David Dewhurst said the
passage of this bill is timely, as the state could face a water
crisis in the next several years. "With the population doubling
by the next 35 years, if we don't double our clean water
supplies, the Texas we know and love won't exist in 35 years,"
said Dewhurst.  SB 3 would empower the Texas Commission on
Environment Quality (TCEQ) to set aside fresh water to inflow
into the state's bays and estuaries