Number: RL33707
Title: The Title XVI Water Reuse Program: Implementation and Legislative Issues
Authors: Betst A. Cody and Nicole T. Carter, Resources, Science and Industry Division 
Abstract: Congress authorized the Department of the Interior (DOI) to undertake a program to provide limited federal financing for water reuse (i.e., planned beneficial use of treated wastewater and impaired surface and groundwaters) in Title XVI of P.L. 102-575 - the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Studies Feasibility Act of 1992. Title XVI's implementation by DOI's Bureau of Reclamation has been contentious; many Members of Congress, particularly from water-scarce western states, support both the program and specific projects, but are frustrated by growing backlogs of projects seeking authorization or awaiting appropriations.
Pages: 24
Date: October 27, 2006