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CED-81-88 1 (1981-06-15)

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BY THE COMPTIROLLER GENERAL


Report To The Chairman

Committee On Appropriations

United States Senate

OF THE UNITED STATES


RELEASED


Health And Safety Deficiencies

Found At Water Recreation Areas


Potentially dangerous deficiencies in drinking
water and sanitation systems or unsafe struc-
tures existed at 13 of 22 water recreation areas
GAO reviewed. These areas are or were man-
aged by State and local governments at fed-
erally built reservoirs. The managing govern-
ments had returned nine of these areas and
plan to return eight more to the Federal agen-
cies because they could not maintain them.
Some deficient facilities have been closed and
some have been corrected, but others remain
open. The Federal agencies lack funds or au-
thority to improve, operate, and maintain
returned areas.
GAO recommends that the Secretaries of the
Army and the Interior
     --regularly and thoroughly inspect the
     1,052 nonfederally managed recrea-
     tion areas to determine whether health
     and safety standards are being met;
     --review the status of returned recrea-
     tion areas and decide whether they
     should remain open or be closed; and
     --seek necessary funds and statutory au-
     thority to close or to improve, operate,
     and maintain returned recreation areas.


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   CED-81-88
JUNE 15, 1981


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