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r > <br /> Prcresed Amendment <br /> 2. 05 WATER •QUALITY AND SUPPL7 <br /> C. Water Supply <br /> 2 . Polic=es <br /> d. Municipal Svstem - To improve water supplies and <br /> to Sunnort the redevelopment of urban economies , <br /> the federal government should develop a program <br /> financial and technical- assistance to distressed <br /> municipal. water system. This program should <br /> include a mixture of grants for plannina, manage- <br /> ment and technical assistance , and grant lcans , <br /> an loan guarantees to upgrade and rehahi=irate <br /> where needed. It should be combine' wi*_t: an <br /> active and viable commitment from the cemn:u-itl tc <br /> rein-,est in its water system. <br /> n <br /> Federal Water Bark shou' id be established t; <br /> nrcv_^.e a dedicated source of cacital for t~e <br /> fi^a•ncina of ur::ban-_water system improvement and • <br /> exc_ ansicn at nariet low interest rates. A ^crtion <br /> of •`'e FPdpra 1 mater Sark sheu l d be *_arcet~.ec as 3 <br /> scur•_e ci capi-a fo- low- L-terest _oar.s rc <br /> muni `na�:ties ti-.a- have exper'_encea nazar--cus <br /> ' <br /> was ° CCnt3 " 3t _C.^ ter. tIe I r MUnic' ^.a +:n'_.er <br /> SL:^ _PS se c -: ^? wa-er c^^tai I na' - s <br /> shoo C e used ca• _cr alter -at wat� <br /> suc :es 'or <br /> C=Ie77S T`:e Federal water tar - snculc nave _ne <br /> gut^cr_ t^ prcvide interest subsidies `cr the <br /> rehabilitation C� pu b-licIv-owned ur;a;. water <br /> systems which are judged to be in distress . <br /> "Distress systems" should be de-fined as those <br /> whic`: can clearly document that they are not <br /> capable of providing additional funds for the <br /> maintenance and improvement of the system and that <br /> this impairs the system' s ability to provide an <br /> adequate supply of water of satisfactory quality <br /> to users. The federal assistance should reauire <br /> appropriate financial and operating remedial <br /> actions by the recipients of the subsidies. <br />