Tim Hearden
A coalition of more than 200 Western farm and water groups is pushing for more funding for canals and reservoirs in President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan.
More than 200 groups from Hawaii to Kansas urge lawmakers to include more funding for above- and below-ground water storage.
As drought worsens in the West, a coalition of more than 200 farm and water organizations from 15 states that has been pushing to fix the region's crumbling canals and reservoirs is complaining that President Joe Biden's new infrastructure proposal doesn't provide enough funding for above- or below-ground storage.
Unveiled March 31, Biden's American Jobs Plan outlines $111 billion for drinking water infrastructure; $50 billion for various drought, wildfire and agricultural resources management infrastructure investments; $45 billion for lead pipe cleanup; and $10 billion to monitor drinking water, notes the Association of California Water Agencies.