National Water Supply Enhancement Act - Reauthorizes the Water Desalination Act of 1996. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an advanced water supply enhancement program and fund research, development, and demonstration projects for the development and commercialization of advanced water supply technologies and processes, including desalination.
Requires the Secretary to coordinate with a California federal research facility with experience working with state and local water authorities to carry out water treatment and water quality technology development: (1) focusing on efficient desalination and technologies for selective extraction of contaminants; (2) using resident advanced supercomputer modeling to optimize technology design; and (3) emphasizing unique new technologies, membranes, and materials, excluding incremental development of conventional technologies.
Directs the Secretary and the California facility to work with local water agencies and city governments in carrying out the program to find solutions for local water needs.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit a report to Congress that identifies federal research facilities around the United States that could serve as regional centers for water supply enhancement; and (2) conduct a study of the management and disposal of concentrates produced in the production of desalinated waters from coastal water and brackish water and evaluate possible solutions to the management and disposal of concentrates.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3182 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3182
To reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 30, 2005
Mr. Pombo (for himself and Mrs. Tauscher) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition
to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Water Supply Enhancement
Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to provide for the development of economically viable
advanced water supply enhancement demonstration projects,
including desalination, that would provide access to untapped
water sources;
(2) to facilitate the widespread commercialization of newly
developed water supply for use in real-world applications; and
(3) to facilitate collaboration among Federal agencies in
the development of advanced water supply demonstration
projects, including desalination.
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF WATER DESALINATION ACT OF 1996.
Section 8 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301
note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by striking
``per year'' and all that follows through the end of the
sentence and inserting ``for each of fiscal years 2005 through
2010.''; and
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ``$25,000,000'' and all
that follows and inserting ``$75,000,000 for fiscal years 2005
through 2010.''.
SEC. 4. DESALINATION AND WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--The Water Desalination Act of 1996
(42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 10. DESALINATION AND WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM.
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an advanced
water supply enhancement program and, subject to the availability of
appropriations, shall fund research, development, and demonstration
projects for the development and commercialization of advanced water
supply technologies and processes, including desalination.
``(b) Coordination With California Federal Water Research
Facility.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall coordinate with a
California Federal research facility with experience working
with State and local water authorities to carry out water
treatment and water quality technology development --
``(A) focusing on efficient desalination and
technologies for selective extraction of contaminants;
``(B) using resident advanced supercomputer
modeling to optimize technology design; and
``(C) emphasizing unique new technologies,
membranes, and materials, excluding incremental
development of conventional technologies.
``(2) State and local water needs.--The Secretary and the
California research facility shall work with local water
agencies and city governments in carrying out the program under
this section to find solutions for local water needs.''.
(b) Report.--Within one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the
Congress that identifies Federal research facilities located around the
United States that could serve as regional centers for water supply
enhancement under the program established under section 10 of the Water
Desalination Act of 1996, as amended by this section.
(c) Study of Concentrates Produced in the Production of Coastal and
Brackish Desalinated Waters.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a
study of the management and disposal of concentrates produced
in the production of desalinated waters from coastal water and
brackish water. The Secretary shall evaluate possible solutions
to the management and disposal of concentrates.
(2) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a
report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the
study under this subsection by not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
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