Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Water and Power Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
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Large Scale Water Recycling Project and Drought Resiliency Investment Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to award grants to water or power delivery authorities for the planning, design, and construction of large-scale water recycling and reuse projects in drought-stricken regions of certain Western states. The bill includes emergency drought planning as a watershed management project under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program. Financial assistance may be made available under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for eligible water projects to assist Western states and tribal governments to address drought-related impacts to water supplies or any other immediate water-related crisis or conflict.
Aquatic ecologyCongressional oversightFishesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIndian lands and resources rightsLakes and riversSolid waste and recyclingWater qualityWater resources fundingWatershedsWater use and supplyWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Large Scale Water Recycling Project and Drought Resiliency Investment Act
USA117th CongressS-2334| Senate
| Updated: 5/25/2022
Large Scale Water Recycling Project and Drought Resiliency Investment Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to award grants to water or power delivery authorities for the planning, design, and construction of large-scale water recycling and reuse projects in drought-stricken regions of certain Western states. The bill includes emergency drought planning as a watershed management project under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program. Financial assistance may be made available under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for eligible water projects to assist Western states and tribal governments to address drought-related impacts to water supplies or any other immediate water-related crisis or conflict.
Aquatic ecologyCongressional oversightFishesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIndian lands and resources rightsLakes and riversSolid waste and recyclingWater qualityWater resources fundingWatershedsWater use and supplyWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection