42 U.S.C. § 1962d-7 : US Code - Section 1962D-7: Delmarva Peninsula hydrologic study; duties of Secretary of the Interior

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1962d-7 : US Code - Section 1962D-7: Delmarva Peninsula hydrologic study; duties of Secretary of the Interior

The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the
"Secretary") is authorized and directed to make a comprehensive
study and investigation of the water resources of the Delmarva
Peninsula with a view to determining the availability of fresh
water supplies needed to meet the anticipated future water
requirements of the Delmarva Peninsula area, and with a view to
determining the most effective means from the standpoint of
hydrologic feasibility of protecting and developing fresh water
sources so as to insure, insofar as practicable, the availability
of adequate water supplies in the future. In carrying out such
study and investigation with respect to the Delmarva Peninsula, the
Secretary shall -
(1) appraise the water use, requirements, and trends, and
determine the availability of water in the streams and
underground sources for the entire peninsula;
(2) determine the depths, thicknesses, and permeabilities, the
perennial yield, and the recharge characteristics of major
aquifers, and the quality characteristics to be expected from
each such major aquifer;
(3) determine with respect to ground water resources the
continuity and extent of important water-bearing formations;
(4) determine the yield from stream systems under natural flow
conditions and under varying degrees of storage and the amounts
and quality of waters available from such systems during drought,
flood, and intermediate conditions;
(5) determine whether sea water has moved inland into heavily
pumped coastal aquifers;
(6) give special consideration to conditions which may invite
the invasion of sea water into fresh-water supplies;
(7) compile and make available to appropriate State and local
officials any results of this study and investigation that would
be appropriate for their use in long-range planning, development,
and management of water supplies;
(8) cooperate with State and local agencies for the purpose of
using any information and data available to carry out the
purposes of this study; and
(9) consider such other matters as the Secretary may deem
appropriate to the study and investigation herein authorized.