U.S. Congress - S.2156 SECURE Water Act
S.2156 - SECURE Water Act
A bill to authorize and facilitate the improvement of water management by the Bureau of Reclamation, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to increase the acquisition and analysis of water resources for irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and environmental uses, and for other purposes. view all titles (5)
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- Short: SECURE Water Act as introduced.
- Official: A bill to authorize and facilitate the improvement of water management by the Bureau of Reclamation, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to increase the acquisition and analysis of water resources for irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and environmental uses, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Science and Engineering to Comprehensively Understand and Responsibly Enhance Water Act as introduced.
- Short: Science and Engineering to Comprehensively Understand and Responsibly Enhance Water Act as reported to senate.
- Short: SECURE Water Act as reported to senate.
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10/4/2007--Introduced.Science and Engineering to Comprehensively Understand and Responsibly Enhance Water Act or the SECURE Water Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to establish a climate change adaptation program toOfficial Summary
10/4/2007--Introduced.Science and Engineering to Comprehensively Understand and Responsibly Enhance Water Act or the SECURE Water Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to establish a climate change adaptation program to:
(1) assess each effect of, and risk resulting from, global climate change regarding the quantity of water resources located in specified areas (service areas); and
(2) ensure that strategies are developed to address potential water shortages, conflicts, and other impacts to water users and the environment of each service area. Authorizes the Secretary to:
(1) provide grants to, or enter cooperative agreements with, eligible applicants to assist in planning, designing, or constructing improvements; and
(2) enter into cooperative agreements with any university, nonprofit research institution, or organization with water or power delivery authority to fund research activities designed to conserve, increase efficiency of, or enhance management of, water resources.
Directs:
(1) the Secretary of Energy to assess each effect of, and risk resulting from, climate change regarding water supplies required for the generation of hydroelectric power at specified projects; and
(2) the Secretary to establish and lead a climate change and water intragovernmental panel.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to:
(1) review the national streamflow information program, improve methodologies, and increase the number of sites measured;
(2) develop a systematic groundwater monitoring program for each major U.S. aquifer system;
(3) identify significant U.S. brackish groundwater resources; and
(4) establish a water availability and use assessment program.
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