Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment: Review and Analysis of Key Issues

Copeland, Claudia ; Tiemann, Mary

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Infrastructure;    Water allocation (Policy);    Sanitary engineering;    Water supply;    Water purification;   

RP-ID  :  RL31116
RP-ID  :  RL31116_2008Nov24

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report identifies a number of issues that have received attention in connection with water infrastructure investment. It begins with a review of federal involvement, describes the debate about needs, and then examines key issues, including what is the nature of the problems to be solved; who will pay, and what is the federal role; and questions about mechanisms for delivering federal support, including state-by-state allotment of federal funds. Congressional and Administration activity on these issues from the 107th to the 110th Congresses also is reviewed.