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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2442 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 19, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 

Study and Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bay Area Regional 

3 Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 

6 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h 

7 et seq.) (as amended by section 512(a) of the Consolidated 

8 Natural Resources Act of 2008) is amended by adding at 

9 the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. CCCSD-CONCORD RECYCLED WATER 

11 PROJECT. 

12 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera13 tion with the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Cali14 fornia, is authorized to participate in the design, planning, 

15 and construction of recycled water distribution systems. 

16 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

17 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 

18 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 

19 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 

20 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 

21 authorized by this section. 

22 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

23 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

24 $1,800,000. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. CENTRAL DUBLIN RECYCLED WATER DIS2 TRIBUTION AND RETROFIT PROJECT. 

3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera4 tion with the Dublin San Ramon Services District, Cali5 fornia, is authorized to participate in the design, planning, 

6 and construction of recycled water system facilities. 

7 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

8 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 

9 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 

10 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 

11 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 

12 authorized by this section. 

13 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

15 $1,150,000. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. PETALUMA RECYCLED WATER PROJECT, 

17 PHASES 2A, 2B, AND 3. 

18 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera19 tion with the City of Petaluma, California, is authorized 

20 to participate in the design, planning, and construction of 

21 recycled water system facilities. 

22 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

23 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 

24 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 


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1 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 

2 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 

3 authorized by this section. 

4 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $6,000,000. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. CENTRAL REDWOOD CITY RECYCLED WATER 

8 PROJECT. 

9 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera10 tion with the City of Redwood City, California, is author11 ized to participate in the design, planning, and construc12 tion of recycled water system facilities. 

13 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

14 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 

15 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 

16 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 

17 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 

18 authorized by this section. 

19 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $8,000,000. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. PALO ALTO RECYCLED WATER PIPELINE 

23 PROJECT. 

24 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera25 tion with the City of Palo Alto, California, is authorized 


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1 to participate in the design, planning, and construction of 

2 recycled water system facilities. 

3 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

4 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 

5 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 

6 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 

7 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 

8 authorized by this section. 

9 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 $8,250,000. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. IRONHOUSE SANITARY DISTRICT (ISD) ANTI13 OCH RECYCLED WATER PROJECT. 

14 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera15 tion with the Ironhouse Sanitary District (ISD), Cali16 fornia, is authorized to participate in the design, planning, 

17 and construction of recycled water distribution systems. 

18 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

19 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 

20 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 

21 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 

22 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 

23 authorized by this section. 


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1 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $7,000,000.’’. 

4 (b) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out 

5 sections 1642 through 1648 of the Reclamation Waste6 water and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, and the 

7 sections added to such Act by subsection (a), the Secretary 

8 shall enter into individual agreements with the San Fran9 cisco Bay Area Regional Water Recycling implementing 

10 agencies to fund the projects through the Bay Area Clean 

11 Water Agencies (BACWA) or its successor, and shall in12 clude in such agreements a provision for the reimburse13 ment of construction costs, including those construction 

14 costs incurred prior to the enactment of this Act, subject 

15 to appropriations made available for the Federal share of 

16 the project under sections 1642 through 1648 of the Rec17 lamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facili18 ties Act and the sections added to such Act by subsection 

19 (a). 

20 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 

21 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjust22 ment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371) (as amended by 

23 section 512(a) of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act 

24 of 2008) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘Sec. 16ll. CCCSD-Concord recycled water project. 

‘‘Sec. 16ll. Central Dublin recycled water distribution and retrofit project. 

‘‘Sec. 16ll. Petaluma recycled water project, phases 2a, 2b, and 3. 


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‘‘Sec. 16ll. Central Redwood City recycled water project. 

‘‘Sec. 16ll. Palo Alto recycled water pipeline project. 

‘‘Sec. 16ll. Ironhouse Sanitary District (ISD) Antioch recycled water 

project.’’. 

1 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO AUTHORIZED PROJECTS. 

2 (a) ANTIOCH RECYCLED WATER PROJECT.—Section 

3 1644(d) of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 

4 Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h–27) (as amend5 ed by section 512(a) of the Consolidated Natural Re6 sources Act of 2008) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,250,000’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘$3,125,000’’. 

8 (b) SOUTH BAY ADVANCED RECYCLED WATER

9 TREATMENT FACILITY.—Section 1648(d) of the Reclama10 tion Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 

11 Act (43 U.S.C. 390h–31) (as amended by section 512(a) 

12 of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘$8,250,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$13,250,000’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 15, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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