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Water and Power Subcommittee Hearing
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Thursday, July 27, 2006
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02:30 PM
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Energy Committee Hearing Room - SD-366
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The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 3638, to encourage the Secretary of the Interior to participate in projects to plan, design, and construct water supply projects and to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to encourage the design, planning, and construction of projects to treat impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse impaired groundwater, and provide brine disposal in the State of California; S. 3639, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to provide standards and procedures for the review of water reclamation and reuse projects; H.R. 177, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines in California, to authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project, and for other purposes.; H.R. 2341, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas; and H.R. 3418, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, and for other purposes.
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Majority Statements
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Minority Statements
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Witnesses
Panel 1
Mr. Larry Todd - Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Administration, and Budget, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior
Panel 2
Mr. Joe Grindstaff - Director, California Bay-Delta Authority
Mr. Chris Lippe - Director, City of Austin Water Utility
Mr. Richard Atwater - Chair, National Legislative Committee, WateReuse Association
Mr. Tom Ray - Engineering Consultant, City of Waco
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