3.0.0 1712 2023-01-11T13:17:58Z 2023-01-11T13:17:58Z Senate S S 2009-09-24 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-09-24T21:30:49Z Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009 111 3747 HR 2009-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Identical bill CRS Text similarities House 2009-09-24 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9846-9848) IntroReferral 2009-09-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9843-9844) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-09-24 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-09-24 True Environmental Protection Climate change and greenhouse gases Consumer affairs Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Housing industry and standards Residential rehabilitation and home repair Solid waste and recycling Water quality Water resources funding Water use and supply Environmental Protection 00 2009-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2010-01-27T23:17:29Z Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services (products, facilities, and services) so as to: (1) reduce water use and the strain on water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure; (2) conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and treat water; and (3) preserve water resources through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications about, products, facilities, and services that meet the highest water efficiency and performance criteria.

Sets forth the duties of Administrator of the EPA under the program, including to: (1) establish a WaterSense label and certification procedures and to promote labeled products, facilities, and services for reducing water use and ensuring performance; (2) review and update WaterSense criteria for categories of products, facilities, and services; (3) estimate and make available the production and relative market shares of, and the savings of water, energy, and capital costs of water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure attributable to, labeled products, facilities, and services; (4) notify the public of any changes on the adoption of a new or revised WaterSense category, specification, installation criterion, or other criterion and explain such changes; (5) implement other voluntary approaches in commercial, institutional, residential, industrial, and municipal sectors to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use; and (6) apply the WaterSense label as appropriate to water-using products that are labeled by the Energy Star program.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) allocate funds to establish and implement a program of financial incentives for consumer purchase and installation of water-efficient products, facilities, and services; and (2) make grants to owners or operators of specified water systems to address any ongoing or forecasted climate-related impact on the water quality or quantity of a region of the United States for the purposes of mitigating or adapting to the impacts of climate change.

]]> Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009 Display Title Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote water efficiency, conservation, and adaptation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1712is/xml/BILLS-111s1712is.xml 2009-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9846-9848) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.