Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations

Copeland, Claudia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Infrastructure;    Water treatment plants;    Water pollution;    Waste water treatment;    Environmental protection;   

RP-ID  :  96-647
RP-ID  :  96-647_2012Jan30

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The principal federal program to aid municipal wastewater treatment plant construction is authorized in the Clean Water Act (CWA). In appropriations legislation, funding for EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) wastewater assistance is contained in the measure providing funds for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. This report summarizes, in chronological order, congressional activity to fund items in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) account since 1987.