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but also supplies water to the residents and business places
and industrial plants situated in portions of Baltimore, Anne
Arundel and Howard Counties; and

WHEREAS, the population of, and the business activities
in, Baltimore City and those portions of Baltimore, Anne
Arundel and Howard Counties to which the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore supplies water have greatly increased
in recent years and the outlying areas of Baltimore City and
sections of the aforementioned counties have been developed
for residential, commercial and industrial purposes, all of
which has increased the already great demand for water; and

WHEREAS, the existing sources of supply of raw water and
the facilities for the treatment and distribution of such
water available to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
are inadequate to meet all of the demands which are being
made upon said municipality for water; and

WHEREAS, it is essential that the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore immediately commence to make studies and
prepare plans to obtain additional sources of raw water for
its water supply facilities in order that the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore may be able in the future to sup-
ply a sufficient volume of water reasonably to satisfy the
requirements of the residents of, and the commercial and
industrial enterprises located in, Baltimore City and the
aforementioned parts of Baltimore, Anne Arundel and
Howard Counties; and

WHEREAS, it is of the utmost importance that the raw
water supply and the water system of Baltimore City im-
mediately be extended, enlarged, developed and improved to
protect the public health, safety and general welfare; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore does
not have sufficient funds to extend, enlarge, develop and im-
prove the raw water supply and the water system of Balti-
more City; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Maryland has deter-
mined and hereby declares that an acute emergency exists
in connection with the raw water supply and the water
system of the City of Baltimore and that it is in the gen-
eral public welfare that the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore be authorized and empowered to borrow funds to
extend, enlarge, develop and improve its raw water supply
and its water system; therefore