Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 109A — Membrane Processes Research
§ 10341. Findings
Statutory text
The Congress finds that—
there is an increasing threat of impairment to the quantity and quality of the Nation’s water resources due to, among other things, growing national needs, recurring drought in the Western States, point and nonpoint source pollution, and saltwater intrusion into existing groundwater supplies;
many communities in the United States have water supplies containing high salinity levels or contaminants which pose health risks;
the Nation needs to develop economical processes to treat existing water supplies that are contaminated;
it is necessary to provide for research into new techniques to reclaim waste water and to convert saline and other contaminated waters to a quality suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, and other beneficial uses;
there is very little Federal funding being applied to basic research in the field of treatment of contaminated water through membrane processes; and
the treatment of contaminated water through membrane processes will solve a wide variety of water treatment problems, including compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.] and the Safe Drinking Water Act [42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.].
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Membrane Processes Research Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–490 § 2 · 106 Stat. 3142
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10341
(Pub. L. 102–490, § 2, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3142.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–490, § 2, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3142.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that— (1) there is an increasing threat of impairment to the quantity and quality of the Nation’s water resources due to, among other things, growing national needs, recurring drought in the Western States, point and nonpoint source pollution, and saltwater intrusion into existing groundwater supplies; (2) many communities in the United States have water supplies containing high salinity levels or contaminants which pose health risks; (3) content class="inline">the Nation needs to develop economical processes to treat existing water supplies that are contaminated; (4) content class="inline">it is necessary to provide for research into new techniques to reclaim waste water and to convert saline and other contaminated waters to a quality suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, and other beneficial uses; (5) there is very little Federal funding being applied to basic research in the field of treatment of contaminated water through membrane processes; and (6) the treatment of contaminated water through membrane processes will solve a wide variety of water treatment problems, including compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in par. (6), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, , 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables.
The Safe Drinking Water Act, referred to in par. (6), is title XIV of act , as added , Pub. L. 93–523, § 2(a), 88 Stat. 1660, which is classified generally to subchapter XII (§ 300f et seq.) of chapter 6A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 102–490, § 1, , 106 Stat. 3142, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Membrane Processes Research Act of 1992’.”