Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis
Author: Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment
Author: Claudia CopelandPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437919723
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Background: History of Fed. Involvement; Wastewater; Drinking Water; USDA Assistance Programs; (3) Water Infrastructure Debate: Invest. Needs; EPA Needs Surveys; Drinking Water and Wastewater Needs; Future Investment; Gap Analysis Report; (4) Issues: (a) Priorities: What are the Problems to be Solved?: Infrastructure Replace.; Security; Funding Other Priorities; (b) Fed. Role; (c) Delivering Fed. Support: Admin. Entity; Type of Assistance Provided: Grants and Loans; Fed. Funds for Private Infrastructure Systems; Fed. Tax Issues; Fed. Cross-Cutting Requirements; Set-Asides; Allotment of Funds and Congress. Directed Project Grants; (d) Res. on New Technol.; (5) Congress. and Admin. Activity, 107th-110th Congress. Tables.
The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428900233
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Drinking Water Needs and Infrastructure
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous MaterialsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment
Author: Claudia CopelandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Clean Water Infrastructure: Design Issues and Funding Options for a Clean Water Trust Fund
Author: Anu K. MittalPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437919243
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Many of the wastewater systems that Americans rely on to protect public health and the environment are reaching the end of their useful lives. The EPA has estimated that a potential gap between future needs and current spending for wastewater infrastructure of $150 billion to $400 billion could occur over the next decade. Various approaches have been proposed to bridge this potential gap. One is to establish a clean water trust fund. This testimony summarizes findings of a May 2009 report which examined: (1) stakeholders' views on the issues that would need to be addressed in designing and establishing a clean water trust fund; and (2) potential options that could generate about $10 billion annually in revenue to support a clean water trust fund. Ill.
Clean Water Infrastructure
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that a potential gap between future needs and current spending for wastewater infrastructure of $150 billion to $400 billion could occur over the next decade. A number of entities are involved in planning, financing, building, and operating this infrastructure. Some of these stakeholders have suggested a variety of approaches to bridge this potential gap. One such proposal is to establish a clean water trust fund. In this context, GAO was asked to (1) obtain stakeholders' views on the issues that would need to be addressed in designing and establishing a clean water trust fund and (2) identify and describe potential options that could generate about $10 billion in revenue to support a clean water trust fund. In conducting this review, GAO administered a questionnaire to 28 national organizations representing the wastewater and drinking water industries, state and local governments, engineers, and environmental groups and received 22 responses; reviewed proposals and industry papers; interviewed federal, state, local, and industry officials; and used the most current data available to estimate the revenue that could potentially be raised by various taxes on a range of products and activities. GAO is not making any recommendations. While this report identifies a number of funding options, GAO is not endorsing any option and does not have a position on whether or not a trust fund should be established. In designing and establishing a clean water trust fund, stakeholders identified three main issues that would need to be addressed: how a trust fund should be administered and used; what type of financial assistance should be provided; and what activities should be eligible to receive funding from a trust fund. While a majority of stakeholders said that a trust fund should be administered through an EPA partnership with the states, they differed in their views on how a trust fund should be used. About a third of stakeholders responded that a trust fund should be used only to fund the existing Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), which is currently funded primarily through federal appropriations, while a few said it should support only a new and separate wastewater program. A few stakeholders supported using a trust fund to support both the CWSRF and a separate program, while others did not support the establishment of a trust fund at all. In addition, more than half of the stakeholders responded that financial assistance should be distributed using a combination of loans and grants to address the needs of different localities. Finally, although a variety of activities could be funded, most stakeholders identified capital projects as the primary activity that should receive funding from a clean water trust fund. A number of options have been proposed in the past to generate revenue for a clean water trust fund, but several obstacles will have to be overcome in implementing these options, and it may be difficult to generate $10 billion from any one option by itself. Funding options include a variety of excise taxes. In addition, Congress could levy a tax on corporate income. An additional 0.1 percent corporate income tax could raise about $1.4 billion annually. Congress also could levy a water use tax. A tax of 0.01 cent per gallon could raise about $1.3 billion annually. Regardless of the options selected, certain implementation obstacles will have to be overcome. These include defining the products or activities to be taxed, establishing a collection and enforcement framework, and obtaining stakeholder support for a particular option or mix of options.
Handbook on Coordinating Funding for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure A Compilation of State Approaches
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428960619
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2007: Testimony of members of Congress, prepared statements of outside witnesses
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description