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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2225 

To provide for a smart water resource management pilot program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 9, 2014 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. CHAMBLISS) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To provide for a smart water resource management pilot 

program. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smart Water Resource 

5 Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SMART WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PILOT 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti10 ty’’ means— 


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1 (A) a utility; 

2 (B) a municipality; 

3 (C) a water district; and 

4 (D) any other authority that provides 

5 water, wastewater, or water reuse services. 

6 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of Energy. 

8 (3) SMART WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

9 PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘smart water resource 

10 management pilot program’’ or ‘‘pilot program’’ 

11 means the pilot program established under sub12 section (b). 

13 (b) SMART WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PILOT

14 PROGRAM.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

16 and carry out a smart water resource management 

17 pilot program in accordance with this section. 

18 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the smart water 

19 resource management pilot program is to award 

20 grants to eligible entities to demonstrate novel and 

21 innovative technology-based solutions that will— 

22 (A) increase the energy and water effi23 ciency of water, wastewater, and water reuse 

24 systems; 


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1 (B) improve water, wastewater, and water 

2 reuse systems to help communities across the 

3 United States make significant progress in con4 serving water, saving energy, and reducing 

5 costs; and 

6 (C) support the implementation of innova7 tive processes and the installation of advanced 

8 automated systems that provide real-time data 

9 on energy and water. 

10 (3) PROJECT SELECTION.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

12 make competitive, merit-reviewed grants under 

13 the pilot program to not less than 3, but not 

14 more than 5, eligible entities. 

15 (B) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting an 

16 eligible entity to receive a grant under the pilot 

17 program, the Secretary shall consider— 

18 (i) energy and cost savings; 

19 (ii) the novelty of the technology to be 

20 used; 

21 (iii) the degree to which the project 

22 integrates next-generation sensors, soft23 ware, analytics, and management tools; 

24 (iv) the anticipated cost-effectiveness 

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1 ciency savings, water savings or reuse, and 

2 infrastructure costs averted; 

3 (v) whether the technology can be de4 ployed in a variety of geographic regions 

5 and the degree to which the technology can 

6 be implemented on a smaller or larger 

7 scale; and 

8 (vi) whether the project will be com9 pleted in 5 years or less. 

10 (C) APPLICATIONS.— 

11 (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

12 (ii), an eligible entity seeking a grant 

13 under the pilot program shall submit to 

14 the Secretary an application at such time, 

15 in such manner, and containing such infor16 mation as the Secretary determines to be 

17 necessary. 

18 (ii) CONTENTS.—An application under 

19 clause (i) shall, at a minimum, include— 

20 (I) a description of the project; 

21 (II) a description of the tech22 nology to be used in the project; 

23 (III) the anticipated results, in24 cluding energy and water savings, of 

25 the project; 


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1 (IV) a comprehensive budget for 

2 the project; 

3 (V) the names of the project lead 

4 organization and any partners; 

5 (VI) the number of users to be 

6 served by the project; and 

7 (VII) any other information that 

8 the Secretary determines to be nec9 essary to complete the review and se10 lection of a grant recipient. 

11 (4) ADMINISTRATION.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 300 

13 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

14 the Secretary shall select grant recipients under 

15 this section. 

16 (B) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall 

17 annually carry out an evaluation of each project 

18 for which a grant is provided under this section 

19 that— 

20 (i) evaluates the progress and impact 

21 of the project; and 

22 (ii) assesses the degree to which the 

23 project is meeting the goals of the pilot 

24 program. 


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1 (C) TECHNICAL AND POLICY ASSIST2 ANCE.—On the request of a grant recipient, the 

3 Secretary shall provide technical and policy as4 sistance. 

5 (D) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary 

6 shall make available to the public— 

7 (i) a copy of each evaluation carried 

8 out under subparagraph (B); and 

9 (ii) a description of any best practices 

10 identified by the Secretary as a result of 

11 those evaluations. 

12 (E) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec13 retary shall submit to Congress a report con14 taining the results of each evaluation carried 

15 out under subparagraph (B). 

16 (c) FUNDING.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use not 

18 less than $7,500,000 of amounts made available to 

19 the Secretary to carry out this section. 

20 (2) PRIORITIZATION.—In funding activities 

21 under this section, the Secretary shall prioritize 

22 funding in the following manner: 

23 (A) Any unobligated amounts made avail24 able to the Secretary to carry out the activities 


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1 of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

2 Office. 

3 (B) Any unobligated amounts (other than 

4 those described in subparagraph (A)) made 

5 available to the Secretary. 

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