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(ii) the funding levels necessary to 
achieve each such outcome; and 
(iii) the distribution of funds between 
each agency based on such agency’s role in 
carrying out such activity; 
(D) be subject to a 90-day public comment 
period as noticed on the Office’s website and 
shall address suggestions received and incor-
porate public input received, as appropriate; 
and 
(E) be submitted to Congress not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act and revised and resubmitted every 4 years 
thereafter. 
(d) WATER RESEARCH OUTCOMES
AND ASSESS-
MENTS.—The plan shall outline and direct agencies under 
the interagency committee to work to achieve the following 
outcomes: 
(1) Implementation of a National Water Cen-
sus, which shall include the collection of data on na-
tional water resources to create a comprehensive 
database that includes information about the quan-
tity, availability, and quality of ground water and 
surface water resources. 
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(2) Development of a new generation of water 
monitoring techniques and technologies, including 
techniques and technologies that provide publicly 
generated data useful to water managers. 
(3) Development of technologies for enhancing 
reliable water supply, water reuse, and pollution pre-
vention. 
(4) Development of innovative technologies and 
tools to enhance water quality, including advanced 
water treatment and water purification technologies. 
(5) Development of innovative technologies and 
tools to enhance water-use efficiency and tools to en-
courage public acceptance of such technologies and 
tools. 
(6) Development of tools and processes to facili-
tate resolution of conflicts over water resources. 
(7) Development of information technology sys-
tems to enhance water quality and supply. 
(8) Improvement of understanding of water-re-
lated ecosystem services and ecosystem needs for 
water. 
(9) Improvement of hydrologic prediction mod-
els and their applications, including spatial and tem-
poral variation in natural supply, watershed hydrol-
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ogy, human and ecological demand, and infrastruc-
ture. 
(10) Analyses of the energy required to provide 
reliable water supplies and the water required to 
provide reliable energy supplies throughout the 
United States, including analyses of the amount, 
proximity, and type of water required for the pro-
duction of alternative and renewable energy re-
sources. 
(11) Analyses of the social, behavioral, and eco-
nomic barriers to sustainable use of water resources 
in the United States. 
(12) Assessment of national water availability 
and use. 
(13) Regional assessments of the status of 
water supplies and evaluation of potential changes in 
such status due to changes in land use, population 
size and distribution, and economic activity. 
(14) Assessment of water quality, availability, 
and use in rural areas, including— 
(A) maintaining water quality and enhanc-
ing energy efficiency of water treatment and de-
livery through the use of technologies or prac-
tices developed to address rural communities; 
and 
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