Number: RS20569
Title: Water Resource Issues in the 109th Congress
Authors: Betsy A. Cody and H. Steven Hughes, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: The 110th Congress faces numerous issues and trade-offs as it considers water resource development, technology, water supply, and climate change legislation. These issues are likely to arise as Congress debates authorizations and appropriations for Bureau of Reclamation and Army Corps of Engineers projects, and agency policy and program changes (e.g., water reuse, federal project operations, and oversight of ecosystem restoration programs such as CALFED and Everglades). Oversight issues related to Hurricane Katrina and the federal role in hurricane and flood protection, and levee construction and management, also are ongoing.
Pages: 6
Date: June 1, 2007