Aging Water Infrastructure and Maintenance Act Reported Out of Committee
The Aging Water Infrastructure and Maintenance Act (S. 2842), sponsored by Sen. Harry Reid (Nevada), has been reported out of committed and placed on the Senate calendar. The act would require the Department of Interior to inspect reclamation projects that could threaten public safety if they failed. In some cases it would provide for financing of improvements needed to insure a facility is safe. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the program would cost $189 million over the period of 2009 through 2013.
Cooperative Watershed Management Act of 2008 Reported Out of Committee
The Cooperative Watershed Management Act of 2008 (S. 3085), sponsored by Sen. Jon Tester (Montana), has been reported out of committee and placed on the Senate calendar. The bill would create a grant program, operated through the Department of Interior, to form and expand watershed groups and fund watershed restoration projects by those groups. The bill authorizes appropriations beginning at $2 million annually and rising to $20 million annually in 2012 through 2020. The CBO estimates the program will cost $43 million over the period of 2009-2013.
Here are some other bills we’ve been watching:
Clean Water Affordability Act (S. 3443)
Climate Change Drinking Water Adaptation Research Act (S. 2970)
Drug Free Water Act of 2008(H.R. 6451)
Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2007 (S. 24)
Protecting Pregnant Women and Children from Perchlorate Act of 2007 (S. 150)
Sewage Overflow Right-to-Know Act (S. 2080)—House version passed
Small Community Drinking Water Funding Act (S. 1933) (additional post)
Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2008 (S. 2728) (additional post)
Water Essential Storage To Enhance Regions in Need Act (S. 2873)
Water Security Act of 2007 (S.1968)
Recent water resources posts and articles:
More Attention for 21st Century Water Act
Previous water resources news:
Links to Infrastructure-Related Organizations
McCain’s Comments on Water Policy: Additional Resources
Water Resources News (Aug. 19, 2008)
Water Resources News (Aug. 27, 2008)
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