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§1276 Enhanced Aquifer Use and Recharge
Title 33 › Chapter 26— WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter I— RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS › § 1276
Summary
Administrator must fund research on enhanced aquifer use and recharge for sole‑source aquifers if funds are available. At least 50% must be a grant to a State, local government, or Indian Tribe; the rest to one research center. Those recipients must form a research partnership. Congress authorized $5,000,000 each fiscal year 2022–2026.
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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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33 U.S.C. § 1276
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60