PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Requires research and development supported by the water institutes to cover ten types of water studies. These include the water cycle; how much water people need and how much is available; removing salt and harmful minerals from poor-quality water; saving water and finding ways to increase supply; reusing water; problems with groundwater being used up or polluted; making water use more productive for farming, cities, and businesses; the economic, legal, engineering, social, recreational, biological, geographic, and ecological sides of water quality and quantity problems; finding, collecting, and explaining scientific and engineering research about water; and better ways to share research results that fit different states’ and regions’ needs.

Title 42, §10307

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The type of research and development to be undertaken under the authority of section 10304 and 10305 of this title and to be encouraged by the institutes established under section 10303 of this title shall include the following:

(1)Aspects of the hydrologic cycle;

(2)Supply and demand for water;

(3)Demineralization of saline and other impaired waters;

(4)Conservation and best use of available supplies of water and methods of increasing such supplies;

(5)Water reuse;

(6)Depletion, contamination, and degradation of groundwater supplies;

(7)Improvements in the productivity of water when used for agricultural, municipal, and commercial purposes;

(8)The economic, legal, engineering, social, recreational, biological, geographic, ecological, and other aspects of water quality and quantity problems;

(9)Scientific information dissemination activities, including identifying, assembling, and interpreting the results of scientific and engineering research on water resources problems; and

(10)Providing means for improved communication of research results, having due regard for the varying conditions and needs for the respective States and regions.

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1990—Par. (6). Pub. L. 101–397, § 1(k), which directed that “, contamination,” be inserted after “depletion”, was executed by making the insertion after “Depletion” to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Par. (8). Pub. L. 101–397, § 1(l), inserted “quality and quantity” after “water”.

§10307 Types of Research and Development

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Title 42, §10307

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