[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 832 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 832

   Honoring the Texas Water Development Board on its selection as a 
  recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2007 Clean Water 
         State Revolving Fund Performance and Innovation Award.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2007

   Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (for herself, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
   Lampson, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
 Burgess, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Reyes) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Honoring the Texas Water Development Board on its selection as a 
  recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2007 Clean Water 
         State Revolving Fund Performance and Innovation Award.

Whereas on November 5, 2007, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) was 
        honored as a recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2007 
        Performance and Innovation in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
        (CWSRF) Creating Environmental Success Award at the Council of 
        Infrastructure Financing Authorities annual conference in Denver, 
        Colorado;
Whereas the CWSRF program in Texas has been a front-runner and precedent-setting 
        program in wastewater management for many years, and the State's CWSRF 
        leveraging practices as well as other established management practices 
        are used by many other States as examples to enhance the management of 
        their funds;
Whereas the CWSRF in Texas has successfully awarded communities approximately 
        $4,300,000,000 in low-interest loans to finance 472 water infrastructure 
        projects across the State of Texas;
Whereas these projects, which serve approximately one-half of the population of 
        Texas and treat about 2,100,000,000 gallons per day of wastewater, 
        provide direct environmental and public health benefits;
Whereas the agency is proposing to increase the marketability and demand for the 
        CWSRF program by pursuing the use of extended loan terms beyond the 
        authorized 20-year term to a 30-year term;
Whereas the TWDB developed a State Revolving Fund Information Management System 
        to satisfy the need for more timely and accurate information on the 
        status of water and wastewater loan projects as those projects move 
        through the phases of the preapplication process and beyond;
Whereas the TWDB has actively encouraged asset management as evidenced in its 
        creation of a Best Management Practices Guide for water conservation;
Whereas the TWDB established direct authority and responsibility for the 
        coordination of the CWSRF program by creating State Revolving Fund 
        Coordinator positions;
Whereas the TWDB's Intended Use Plan Post-Mortem Review was lauded for 
        identifying various activities that will be used in improving future 
        CWSRF Intended Use Plan development processes;
Whereas the TWDB holds interoffice planning meetings that serve as monthly 
        forums to provide for interoffice discussion on State Revolving Fund 
        policies, procedures and processes, and deadlines;
Whereas the agency assigned cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams to manage 
        project performance review from application phase through construction, 
        and these teams are responsible for identifying and developing solutions 
        to project circumstances that may cause a project to fall behind its 
        schedule; and
Whereas the agency was also noted for its outstanding regional water planning 
        activities, best management practices in the areas of nonpoint source 
        pollution funding, the instream flow program, work with the United 
        States Army Corps of Engineers to amend the Federal water resources 
        development legislation to further enhance its watershed approach, 
        funding of water reuse projects, agricultural and municipal water 
        conservation projects, and water conservation education activities: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the Texas Water Development Board on their 
        selection as the Environmental Protection Agency's 2007 Clean 
        Water State Revolving Fund Performance and Innovation Award 
        recipient; and
            (2) recognizes the importance of adequate investment and 
        management of water resources in sustainable development, 
        including environmental integrity and human health and overall 
        quality of life in the United States.
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