15.504: Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse

15.504

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Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) [DOI]

Aug. 4, 2022

Aug. 4, 2022

Title XVI of Public Law 102-575, as amended (Title XVI), directs the Secretary of Interior, acting through the Commissioner, to undertake a program to identify and investigate opportunities to reclaim and reuse wastewaters and naturally impaired ground and surface water in the 17 Western States and Hawaii. Title XVI also provides authority for the Secretary to provide up to the lesser of 25 percent of, or the Federal appropriations ceiling (typically $20 million), for the cost of planning, design, and construction of water recycling projects, as well as up to 50 percent of the cost of Title XVI feasibility studies and 25 percent of the cost of Title XVI water reclamation and reuse research.

B - Cooperative Agreements

Eligible recipients of Title XVI funding are identified under the 1902 Act and include State, regional, or local authorities; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; or other entities such as a water conservation or conservancy district, wastewater district, rural water district, located in the western United States or United States Territories as identified in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, as amended or Hawaii. To be eligible to receive funding for construction activities, a water reclamation and reuse project must be specifically authorized under Title XVI or eligible under the amendments in section 4009(c) of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act.

Water users, including municipal, industrial, and agricultural, that benefit from the additional drought resistant water source created.

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