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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 10341. Findings
The Congress finds that -
(1) there is an increasing threat of impairment to the quantity
and quality of the Nation's water resources due to, among other
things, growing national needs, recurring drought in the Western
States, point and nonpoint source pollution, and saltwater
intrusion into existing groundwater supplies;
(2) many communities in the United States have water supplies
containing high salinity levels or contaminants which pose health
risks;
(3) the Nation needs to develop economical processes to treat
existing water supplies that are contaminated;
(4) it is necessary to provide for research into new techniques
to reclaim waste water and to convert saline and other
contaminated waters to a quality suitable for municipal,
industrial, agricultural, recreational, and other beneficial
uses;
(5) there is very little Federal funding being applied to basic
research in the field of treatment of contaminated water through
membrane processes; and
(6) the treatment of contaminated water through membrane
processes will solve a wide variety of water treatment problems,
including compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
[33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.] and the Safe Drinking Water Act [42
U.S.C. 300f et seq.].
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