3.0.0 741 2023-01-11T13:27:51Z 2023-01-11T13:27:51Z Senate S 2015-03-16 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-16T20:25:19Z Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 114 1278 HR 2015-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Related bill CRS 2015-03-16 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1530; text of measure as introduced: CR S1530-1531) IntroReferral 2015-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-03-16 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2015-03-16 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-09-08 False Water Resources Development Alternative and renewable resources Climate change and greenhouse gases Energy efficiency and conservation Floods and storm protection Hydrology and hydrography Infrastructure development Labor standards Land use and conservation Public contracts and procurement Wages and earnings Water quality Water resources funding Water storage Water use and supply Watersheds Water Resources Development 00 2015-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-21T18:13:33Z Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants in each of FY2015-FY2019 for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of water systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region. A water system is a community water system, a treatment works, a decentralized wastewater treatment system for domestic sewage, a groundwater storage and replenishment system, a system for transport and delivery of water for irrigation or conservation, or a natural or engineered system that manages floodwater.

The EPA must give priority to owners or operators of water systems that are at the greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant negative impacts due to changing hydrologic conditions.

The EPA must ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the list of grant applications funded includes a substantial number that propose to use innovative approaches that meet at least one of these goals:

  • promote more efficient water use, conservation, reuse, or recycling;
  • use decentralized, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches;
  • reduce stormwater runoff or flooding by protecting or enhancing natural ecosystem functions;
  • modify, upgrade, enhance, or replace existing water system infrastructure in response to changing hydrologic conditions;
  • improve water quality or quantity for agricultural and municipal uses; and
  • provide multiple benefits, including water supply enhancement or demand reduction, water quality protection or improvement, increased flood protection, and ecosystem protection or improvement.
]]> Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 Display Title Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of awarding grants to owners or operators of water systems to increase the resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a region of the United States. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s741is/xml/BILLS-114s741is.xml 2015-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1530; text of measure as introduced: CR S1530-1531) 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.