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HR 4984 102th Congress House Environmental Protection Agricultural wastes California Federal aid to water pollution control Massachusetts Municipal services Sewage treatment Technological innovations Vermont Waste water treatment Water conservation Water purification

Innovative Ecological Wastewater Treatment Promotion Act

Introduced: April 9, 1992 See on congress.gov
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Apr 23, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Apr 9, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Apr 9, 1992
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Innovative Ecological Wastewater Treatment Promotion Act - Amends the Clean Water Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct up to five demonstration projects to: (1) determine the feasibility and effectiveness of advanced ecologically engineered technologies for wastewater treatment, reclamation, and reuse; (2) examine the potential applications of such technologies for warm- and cold-weather municipal wastewater treatment, municipal septage treatment, and agricultural wastewater purification and recycling; and (3) run for up to five years.

Directs the Administrator to give priority to the following projects: (1) a project for Harwich, Massachusetts, to satisfy highly variable municipal septage treatment requirements; (2) a project for San Francisco, California, to produce water which meets specified Safe Drinking Water Act standards by treating effluent from a municipal wastewater treatment facility; (3) a project in Vermont to process municipal sewage in a cold-climate application; (4) an agricultural project to purify a specified amount of wastewater generated in conjunction with feedlot activities and to reclaim such water; and (5) other projects to examine the application of such technologies.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now April 23, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1