Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§19065 Clean water research and technology acceleration

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 163— - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part Part E— - Fundamental Research › § 19065

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must award competitive, merit-reviewed grants to colleges, nonprofits, or their groups. Grants will fund cross-disciplinary research to better understand water and wastewater systems and how people and climate affect them, including in low-income, underserved, and disadvantaged communities; development and deployment of new technologies and approaches with communities, industry, and governments; and education and training to grow the workforce that studies, manages, and conducts wastewater surveillance.

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Title 42, §19065

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The Director shall make awards on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to—

(1)support transdisciplinary research to significantly advance our understanding of water availability, quality, and dynamics and the impact of human activity and a changing climate on urban and rural water and wastewater systems, including in low-income, underserved, and disadvantaged communities;

(2)develop, pilot, and deploy innovative technologies, systems, and other approaches to identifying and addressing challenges that affect water availability, quality, and security, including through direct engagement with affected communities and partnerships with the private sector, State, territorial, Tribal, and local governments, non-profit organizations and water management professionals; and

(3)grow the scientific workforce capable of studying and managing water and wastewater systems and of conducting wastewater surveillance, through education, training, and other professional development.

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42 U.S.C. § 19065

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73