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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 901

To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of

1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the

design, planning, and construction of certain water reclamation and reuse

projects and desalination research and development projects, and for

other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 8 (legislative day, JUNE 5), 1995

Mr. BENNETT (for himself and Mr. HATCH) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of certain water reclamation and reuse projects

and desalination research and development projects, and

for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. WATER RECYCLING PROJECTS.

2 Section 1602 of the Reclamation Projects Authoriza3 tion and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h) is

4 amended by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(e) PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN PROJECTS.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coopera7 tion with the appropriate State and local authorities,

8 is authorized to participate in the design, planning,

9 and construction of the following water reclamation

10 and reuse projects:

11 ‘‘(A) The North San Diego County Area

12 Water Recycling Project, consisting of projects

13 to reclaim and reuse water in the service areas

14 of the San Elijo Joint Powers Authority, the

15 Leucadia County Water District, and the

16 Olivenhain Municipal Water District, Califor17 nia.

18 ‘‘(B) The Calleguas Municipal Water Dis19 trict Water Recycling Project to reclaim and

20 reuse water in the service area of the Calleguas

21 Municipal Water District in Ventura, Califor22 nia.

23 ‘‘(C) The Central Valley Water Recycling

24 Project to reclaim and reuse water in the serv25 ice areas of the Central Valley Reclamation Fa-
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1 cility and the Salt Lake County Water Conser2 vancy District in Utah.

3 ‘‘(D) The St. George Area Water Recycling

4 Project to reclaim and reuse water in the serv5 ice area of the Washington County Water Con6 servancy District in Utah.

7 ‘‘(E) The Watsonville Area Water Recy8 cling Project, in cooperation with the city of

9 Watsonville, California, to reclaim and reuse

10 water in the Pajaro Valley in Santa Cruz Coun11 ty, California.

12 ‘‘(F) The Southern Nevada Water Recy13 cling Project to reclaim and reuse water in the

14 service area of the Southern Nevada Water Au15 thority in Clark County, Nevada.

16 ‘‘(G) The Albuquerque Metropolitan Area

17 Water Reclamation and Reuse Study, in co18 operation with the city of Albuquerque, New

19 Mexico, to reclaim and reuse industrial and mu20 nicipal wastewater and reclaim and use natu21 rally impaired ground water in the Albuquerque

22 metropolitan area.

23 ‘‘(H) The El Paso Water Reclamation and

24 Reuse Project to reclaim and reuse wastewater
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1 in the service area of the El Paso Water Utili2 ties Public Service Board.

3 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of

4 the cost of a project described in paragraph (1) shall

5 not exceed 25 percent of the total cost.

6 ‘‘(3) NO FUNDING FOR OPERATION AND MAIN7 TENANCE.—The Secretary shall not provide funds

8 for the operation or maintenance of a project de9 scribed in paragraph (1).’’.

10 SEC. 2. DESALINATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

11 PROJECT.

12 Section 1605 of the Reclamation Projects Authoriza13 tion and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h–3) is

14 amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and

17 (2) by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(b) LONG BEACH DESALINATION RESEARCH AND

19 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.—

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coopera21 tion with the city of Long Beach, the Central Basin

22 Municipal Water District, and the Metropolitan

23 Water District of Southern California, may partici24 pate in the design, planning, and construction of the
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1 Long Beach Desalination Research and Development

2 Project in Los Angeles County, California.

3 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of

4 the cost of the project described in paragraph (1)

5 shall not exceed 50 percent of the total.

6 ‘‘(3) NO FUNDING FOR OPERATION AND MAIN7 TENANCE.—The Secretary shall not provide funds

8 for the operation or maintenance of the project de9 scribed in paragraph (1).

10 ‘‘(c) LAS VEGAS AREA SHALLOW AQUIFER DESALI11 NATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coopera13 tion with the Southern Nevada Water Authority,

14 may participate in the design, planning, and con15 struction of the Las Vegas Area Shallow Aquifer De16 salination Research and Development Project in

17 Clark County, Nevada.

18 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of

19 the cost of the project described in paragraph (1)

20 shall not exceed 50 percent of the total.

21 ‘‘(3) NO FUNDING FOR OPERATION AND MAIN22 TENANCE.—The Secretary shall not provide funds

23 for the operation or maintenance of the project de24 scribed in paragraph (1).’’.

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