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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 641 

Designating the week of April 7 through April 13, 2024, as ‘‘National Water 

Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 15, 2024 

Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 

WARNOCK, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. CARPER, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week of April 7 through April 13, 2024, 

as ‘‘National Water Week’’. 

Whereas each community in the United States, both large 

and small, and urban, rural, and Tribal, deserves to have 

access to affordable, safe, and clean drinking water, sanitation, and other critical water infrastructure; 

Whereas more than 2,000,000 people in the United States 

lack access to running water, indoor plumbing, or wastewater services; 

Whereas small, rural, and disadvantaged community water 

systems struggle to make needed investments while keeping rates affordable; 

Whereas Federal investment in core drinking water, wastewater, stormwater capture, sustainable desalination, and 


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water recycling programs allow local utilities and the customers of those local utilities to have the resources to 

affordably improve in water reliability and meet Federal 

regulatory obligations; 

Whereas source control is a critical first step to reducing 

emerging contaminants from entering water systems and 

the environment, along with advancing the state of the 

science on the risks of those contaminants, which is essential to protect public health; 

Whereas water infrastructure projects often rely on specific 

products and technologies, and substitutions may not be 

readily available, so it is critical to consider the realities 

unique to the water sector, and the near-term challenges 

that water infrastructure projects face; 

Whereas countless disadvantaged communities in the United 

States struggle to make needed investments in critical 

water infrastructure while simultaneously keeping rates 

affordable; 

Whereas water research helps solve some of the most pressing 

challenges for the water sector, such as— 

(1) aging infrastructure; 

(2) emerging contaminants; 

(3) resiliency to extreme weather; 

(4) drought and water scarcity; and 

(5) significant shifts in population; 

Whereas research and development aimed at finding cost-effective solutions to the most pressing challenges for the 

water sector— 

(1) create more resilient and effective water systems; 

(2) create new jobs and support thriving communities nationwide; and 


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(3) result in improved public health and safety and 

promote equitable solutions throughout the United 

States; and 

Whereas Congress and the executive branch should assist 

water utilities to ensure that those communities can continue to fulfill their core mission of protecting public 

health and the environment while supporting local economic growth by addressing challenges related to— 

(1) managing aging water infrastructure, and escalating operation and maintenance costs, supply chain disruptions, and workforce shortages; 

(2) addressing growing water quality impairments 

and regulations from emerging contaminants and nutrients; and 

(3) ensuring proper climate adaptation, system resiliency, and security measures are in place: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That Congress hereby designates the week 

2 of April 7 through April 13, 2024, as ‘‘National Water 

3 Week’’. 

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