SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, October 6, 2005
2:00 p.m. 

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 122 (Issa), To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization and Expansion Project. "Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization and Expansion Project"
• H.R. 2341 (Doggett), 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
• H.R. 3418 (Edwards), 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
• H.R. 3929 (Calvert), To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in research and  development, environmental and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination Project at Dana Point, California. "Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Larry Groth
City Manager
Waco, Texas

Mr. Brett R. Barbre
Board Member
Municipal Water District of Orange County
Orange County, California

Mr. Anthony J. Pack
General Manager
Eastern Municipal Water District
California

Mr. Chris Lippe
Director
City of Austin Water Utility
Austin, Texas

Panel II

Mr. Jack Garner (H.R. 122, H.R. 2341, H.R. 3418, H.R. 3929)
Acting Deputy Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation