PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
This Title gives Reclamation general authority to conduct appraisal and feasibility studies on water reclamation and reuse projects. It also provides general authority for research and demonstration programs to test water reclamation and reuse technologies. Reclamation may also participate in construction of reuse projects after congressional authorization of the project. The original Act provided authority to participate in the design and construction of five specific projects in California and Arizona. The 1996 Act authorized 16 additional recycling projects and 2 desalination demonstration projects, and the 1998 Act and 2000 Act, Public Law 106-554, authorized one additional recycling project each.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. NATURAL RESOURCES;
- Mineral Research;
- Water Conservation and Research;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;
- Other public institution/organization;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other public institution/organization;