Department of Interior is Investing $1 billion in America's Water Infrastructure Joshua Mosshart

The Department of Interior is taking up the challenge to address demands for water. 

The DOI is helping communities improve conservation and increase the water supply. 

Invests in safety, reliability, and efficiency of America's water infrastructure and in the protection and restoration of fragile aquatic ecosystems.

The 2014 DOI budget provides $11.7 billion in discretionary funding to promote and support:

Economic growth by investing in our natural resources and energy resources.

Protects and restores water resources and infrastructure.

Makes public lands available for clean energy infrastructure projects. 

Support for responsible development of the nation's oil and gas resources.

Reforms mining operations and reducing the environmental impacts of mining.

Imcrease investments in science and evaluation to support decision making.


                                    The DOI initiatives 

• Investing $1Billion in America's Water Infrastructure.
• Launching a department-wide climate change strategy.
• Taking the lead on a national conservation initiative.
• Responding to the state of California's water crisis.
• $100 million to permit renewable energy projects on Federal lands and waters.
• $960 million for basic and applied science for research and development.

                        U.S. Department of Interior's Mission
                 Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future

The Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage; provides scientific and other information about those resources; and honors its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities.

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