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106193 1 (1978-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxrc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'l MAY 1 2 1978 Mr. Gary D. Cobb Director, Office of Water Research and Technology Department of the Interior Dear Mr. Cobb: As part of our ongoing survey of the Nation's saline water conversion needs, we noted a problem which we would like to bring to your attention at this time to assure that the stated objectives of the Saline Water Conversion Program will be achieved. The Office of Water Research and Technology (OWRT) needs to better define its management plan for achieving program objectives by identifying goals and milestones for measuring, monitoring, and guiding the research, development and demonstration efforts for each desalina- tion process. In addition, specific criteria needs to be developed for use in establishing the point in time when a process can be developed commercially without additional government support. We based our views on visits to your headquarters as well as test facilities in Roswell, New Mexico and Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. -We have also briefly examined your legislative history and discussed the Saline Water-Conversion Program-with you and your staff. BACKGROUND In 1952, the Congress established the Saline Water Conversion Program to research and develop practical, low-cost means of conve-rting seawater and other saline waters into useful water. The program has been cited as being responsible for much of the desalting technology currently in use or being installed in the world today. However, DWRT officials have told us that the initial mission of developing practical means to desalinate water still requires much resears and development in order to make the processes more economi al. a large extent, the objective oft SaliConversio Progran has never been met. M 'a &~u 93~ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION LM106193

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