미국 교화국 위원 Estevan Lopez는 지난 2월 8일 물재사용 및 효율성의 지원을 위해 올해 추가로 2천300만 달러를 투자할 계획이라고 밝혔다. 이에 16개 물재이용 프로그램(XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program) 9백만 달러, WaterSMART 지원금 9백만 달러, 캘리포니아센트럴밸리프로젝트(Central Valley Project)의 일환인 물재이용 지원에 5백만 달러가 지원될 예정이며, 교정의 연구 개발에는 2백만 달러를 투자할 계획이다.

 

교화국은 2016년에 법이 재정된 이래로 서부 지역의 가뭄을 해결하기 위해 추가로 1억 달러를 지원 받은 바 있다.

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan Lopez released plans February 8 to spend an additional $23 million this year to support water reuse and efficiency, including $9 million for the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program, $9 million for WaterSMART Grants, and $5 million to support water recycling as part of California’s Central Valley Project. Reclamation also plans to invest $2 million in research and development.

Under the fiscal year 2016 omnibus appropriations legislation, Reclamation received an additional $100 million to address the ongoing Western drought. The WateReuse Association joined seven other water sectors groups last month in urging the Bureau of Reclamation to use a portion of newly received drought response funds to invest in water reuse activities.

“We are so pleased that the Bureau of Reclamation continues to see water reuse, conservation, and efficiency as priorities,” said WateReuse Association Executive Director Melissa L. Meeker. “We applaud their ongoing support of sustainable systems.”

Last month’s letter to the Bureau of Reclamation urging that a portion of the drought response funds be invested in water reuse was signed by the WateReuse Association, National Association Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), American Public Works Association (APWA), National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), Water Environment Federation (WEF), Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), American Water Works Association (AWWA), and Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA).

 

[출처 = Water World / 2016년 2월 10일]