§10307 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Requires research and development under those programs to cover ten water-related areas. These include how water moves and cycles, how much water is available versus how much people need, removing salt and other impurities, saving and increasing water supplies and reusing water, problems with groundwater being used up or polluted, making water use more efficient for farms, cities, and businesses, studying legal, economic, social, engineering, and environmental aspects of water problems, gathering and explaining scientific results, and improving how research is shared to fit different States and regions.

Title 42, §10307

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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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