Water Infrastructure To Receive Billions From INVEST Act
On Thursday, July 1st, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the INVEST Act, H.R. 3684, a $715 billion proposal, which includes the text of H.R. 1915, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021.
H.R. 1915 was included as part of Division H of the INVEST Act. The vote on final passage was 221-201, largely along party lines.
This legislation helps address the need to increase funding for water infrastructure, address water workforce development needs, improve resilience to climate change, increase system sustainability, and improve environmental equity for all Americans.
This legislation will substantially increase funding levels for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) program over the next 5 years by providing $8 billion per year. It also will expand the additional subsidization to help financially disadvantaged communities. In addition, the legislation increases the Green Project Reserve, because th
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How COVID-19 Is Driving Better Drinking Water Access In The U.S.
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and with much of the U.S. opening back up, its residual effects on the country’s systems are becoming clear. And few areas of daily life have been more heavily impacted than drinking water systems.
Handwashing and the use of clean water in the home were identified early on as critical practices for curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus, but as many drinking water managers already knew, access to this vital resource is not equitable across the nation. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored that fact for much more of the country.