Sec. 252. Purposes and findings
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Congress finds that— many water resources in the United States are declining, particularly in urban and agricultural areas; the decline of water resources is the result of— an increase in population, water consumption, and impermeable surfaces; and the negative effects of urbanization, commercial and industrial activities, and increasing and persistent droughts; an October 2008 study by the National Research Council found that some of the benefits of innovative stormwater control infrastructure include— increased water supplies; the creation of jobs; cost savings; and a reduction of stormwater runoff, surface water discharge, stormwater pollution, and stormwater flows to protect and restore natural hydrology, meeting local conditions to the maximum extent feasible; and capturing stormwater runoff in urban and suburban areas of the State of California can increase water supplies by over 600,000 acre-feet annually, and that similar benefits are achievable in the urban and suburban areas of other States.