IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 34 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 24, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To ensure consideration of water intensity in the Department 
of Energy’s energy research, development, and dem-
onstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, 
and sustainable delivery of energy and clean water re-
sources. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water Re-
search Integration Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. INTEGRATING ENERGY AND WATER RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall in-
tegrate water considerations into energy research, develop-
ment, and demonstration programs and projects of the 
Department of Energy by— 
(1) advancing energy and energy efficiency 
technologies and practices that meet the objectives 
of— 
(A) minimizing freshwater withdrawal and 
consumption; 
(B) increasing water use efficiency; 
(C) utilizing nontraditional water sources 
with efforts to improve the quality of the water 
from those sources; 
(D) minimizing deleterious impacts on 
water bodies, groundwater, and waterways; and 
(E) minimizing seismic impacts; 
(2) considering the effects climate variability 
may have on water supplies and quality for energy 
generation and fuel production; and 
(3) improving understanding of the energy- 
water nexus. 
(b) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall develop a strategic plan identifying the 
research, development, and demonstration needs for 
Department programs and projects to carry out sub-
section (a). The strategic plan shall include technical 
milestones for achieving and assessing progress to-
ward the objectives of subsection (a)(1). 
(2) SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing 
the strategic plan, the Secretary shall consider— 
(A) new advanced cooling technologies for 
energy generation and fuel production tech-
nologies; 
(B) performance improvement of existing 
cooling technologies and cost reductions associ-
ated with using those technologies; 
(C) innovative water reuse, recovery, and 
treatment technologies in energy generation and 
fuel production, including renewable energy; 
(D) technology development for carbon 
capture and storage systems that utilize effi-
cient water use design strategies; 
(E) technologies that are life-cycle cost ef-
fective; 
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(F) systems analysis and modeling of 
issues relating to the energy-water nexus; 
(G) technologies to treat and utilize waste-
water and produced waters discharged from oil, 
natural gas, coalbed methane, and any other 
substance to be used as an energy source; 
(H) advanced materials for the use of non-
traditional water sources for energy generation 
and fuel production; 
(I) biomass production and utilization and 
the impact on hydrologic systems; 
(J) technologies that reduce impacts on 
water from energy resource development; 
(K) energy efficient technologies for water 
distribution, treatment, supply, and collection 
systems; 
(L) technologies for energy generation 
from water distribution, treatment, supply, and 
collection systems; 
(M) the flexible operation of water infra-
structure to provide essential grid reliability 
services; 
(N) modular or energy-water microgrid 
systems that can provide energy and water re-
sources in remote or disaster recovery areas; 
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(O) recovering energy in the form of 
biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower from munic-
ipal and industrial wastewaters, and similar or-
ganic streams; and 
(P) any other area of the energy-water 
nexus that the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(3) COLLABORATION AND NONDUPLICATION.— 
In developing the strategic plan, the Secretary shall 
coordinate and avoid duplication— 
(A) with other Federal agencies operating 
related programs, if appropriate; and 
(B) across programs and projects of the 
Department, including with those of the Na-
tional Laboratories. 
(4) 
RELEVANT
INFORMATION
AND
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—In developing the strategic plan, 
the Secretary shall consider and incorporate, as ap-
propriate, relevant information and recommenda-
tions, including those of the National Water Avail-
ability and Use Assessment Program under section 
9508(d) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10368(d)). 
(5) ADDITIONAL
PARTICIPATION.—In devel-
oping the strategic plan, the Secretary shall consult 
and coordinate with a diverse group of representa-
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