Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§1276 Enhanced aquifer use and recharge

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 26— - WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS › § 1276

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must, if money is available, fund groundwater research on enhanced aquifer use and recharge for sole‑source aquifers. At least 50% must be given as one grant to a State, local government, or Indian Tribe; the rest must go to one research center. Those two recipients must form a formal research partnership to coordinate the work. Congress authorized $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 2022 through 2026.

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Title 33, §1276

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(a)Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall provide funding to carry out groundwater research on enhanced aquifer use and recharge in support of sole-source aquifers, of which—

(1)not less than 50 percent shall be used to provide 1 grant to a State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe to carry out activities that would directly support that research; and

(2)the remainder shall be provided to 1 appropriate research center.

(b)As a condition of accepting funds under subsection (a), the State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe and the appropriate research center that receive funds under that subsection shall establish a formal research relationship for the purpose of coordinating efforts under this section.

(c)There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 1276

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73