IIB 
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 Re-
gional Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Bay Area Regional 
Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h 
et seq.) (as amended by section 512(a) of the Consolidated 
Natural Resources Act of 2008) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 
16ll. 
CCCSD-CONCORD 
RECYCLED 
WATER 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Cali-
fornia, is authorized to participate in the design, planning, 
and construction of recycled water distribution systems. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 
authorized by this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,800,000. 
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‘‘SEC. 16ll. CENTRAL DUBLIN RECYCLED WATER DIS-
TRIBUTION AND RETROFIT PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the Dublin San Ramon Services District, Cali-
fornia, is authorized to participate in the design, planning, 
and construction of recycled water system facilities. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 
authorized by this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,150,000. 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. PETALUMA RECYCLED WATER PROJECT, 
PHASES 2A, 2B, AND 3. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the City of Petaluma, California, is authorized 
to participate in the design, planning, and construction of 
recycled water system facilities. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
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‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 
authorized by this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$6,000,000. 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. CENTRAL REDWOOD CITY RECYCLED WATER 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the City of Redwood City, California, is author-
ized to participate in the design, planning, and construc-
tion of recycled water system facilities. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 
authorized by this section. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$8,000,000. 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. PALO ALTO RECYCLED WATER PIPELINE 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the City of Palo Alto, California, is authorized 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$7,000,000.’’. 
(b) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out 
sections 1642 through 1648 of the Reclamation Waste-
water and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, and the 
sections added to such Act by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall enter into individual agreements with the San Fran-
cisco Bay Area Regional Water Recycling implementing 
agencies to fund the projects through the Bay Area Clean 
Water Agencies (BACWA) or its successor, and shall in-
clude in such agreements a provision for the reimburse-
ment of construction costs, including those construction 
costs incurred prior to the enactment of this Act, subject 
to appropriations made available for the Federal share of 
the project under sections 1642 through 1648 of the Rec-
lamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facili-
ties Act and the sections added to such Act by subsection 
(a). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjust-
ment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371) (as amended by 
section 512(a) of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act 
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.’’. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO AUTHORIZED PROJECTS. 
(a) ANTIOCH RECYCLED WATER PROJECT.—Section 
1644(d) of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h–27) (as amend-
ed by section 512(a) of the Consolidated Natural Re-
sources Act of 2008) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,250,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$3,125,000’’. 
(b) SOUTH
BAY
ADVANCED
RECYCLED
WATER 
TREATMENT FACILITY.—Section 1648(d) of the Reclama-
tion Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act (43 U.S.C. 390h–31) (as amended by section 512(a) 
of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008) is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$8,250,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$13,250,000’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 15, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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