Federal Role In Meeting Infrastructure Needs

Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Background: History of Fed. Involvement; Wastewater; Drinking Water; USDA Assistance Programs; (3) Water Infrastructure Debate: Invest. Needs; EPA Needs Surveys; Drinking Water and Wastewater Needs; Future Investment; Gap Analysis Report; (4) Issues: (a) Priorities: What are the Problems to be Solved?: Infrastructure Replace.; Security; Funding Other Priorities; (b) Fed. Role; (c) Delivering Fed. Support: Admin. Entity; Type of Assistance Provided: Grants and Loans; Fed. Funds for Private Infrastructure Systems; Fed. Tax Issues; Fed. Cross-Cutting Requirements; Set-Asides; Allotment of Funds and Congress. Directed Project Grants; (d) Res. on New Technol.; (5) Congress. and Admin. Activity, 107th-110th Congress. Tables.

Witnesses: Bill Campbell, mayor, Atlanta, GA; Oscar Goodman, mayor, Las Vegas, NV; Peter Guerrero and Kate Siggerud, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO, accomp. by Paul Posner, Fed. Budget Strategic Issues; Marc Morial, mayor, New Orleans, LA, and pres., U.S. Conf. of Mayors (USCM); Robert Portiss, port dir., Tulsa, OK; and Anthony Williams, mayor, Wash., DC. Additional material: List, Top 100 U.S. Metro Economies, USCM; Statement of Amer. Soc. of Civil Engineers; and Reports: (1) City of Las Vegas, Dept. of Public Works, Infrastructure Needs for S. Nevada; (2) Impact of the Maglev Train on the Economy of Clark Co. and the State of Nevada; (3) S. Nevada Water Auth. Capital Improvements Plan; and (4) U.S. Metro Economies, USCM.