I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6075 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the pilot 
program for alternative water source projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. BRESNAHAN (for himself and Ms. MCDONALD RIVET) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reau-
thorize the pilot program for alternative water source 
projects, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Infrastructure 
Modernization Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. INTELLIGENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TECH-
NOLOGY. 
Section 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) INTELLIGENT
WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE 
TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘intelligent water infra-
structure technology’ means— 
‘‘(A) intelligent wastewater treatment and 
collection systems and stormwater management 
operations, including technologies that rely 
on— 
‘‘(i) the use of real-time monitoring, 
management, analytics, and data collection 
tools, embedded intelligence, and predictive 
maintenance capabilities that improve the 
energy efficiency, cost efficiency, reliability, 
and resiliency of wastewater treatment and 
collection systems; 
‘‘(ii) real-time remote sensors that 
provide continuous monitoring of water 
quality to support optimization; and 
‘‘(iii) the use of artificial intelligence 
and other intelligent optimization tools 
that— 
‘‘(I) reduce operational costs, in-
cluding operational costs relating to 
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energy consumption and chemical 
treatment; and 
‘‘(II) improve decisionmaking; 
‘‘(B) innovative and alternative combined 
sewer and stormwater control projects, includ-
ing groundwater banking, that rely on real-time 
data acquisition to support predictive aquifer 
recharge through water reuse and stormwater 
management capabilities; 
‘‘(C) advanced digital design and construc-
tion management tools, including advanced dig-
ital technologies; 
‘‘(D) technology that can identify or re-
duce water losses in a nondestructive or non-
disruptive manner, including through analytical 
software, flow and pressure monitoring, or 
acoustic data collection; 
‘‘(E) predictive and diagnostic tools for in-
formed decisionmaking; 
‘‘(F) technology that can provide com-
prehensive data on pipe integrity to identify the 
presence of leaks or gas pockets; 
‘‘(G) technology that can provide informa-
tion on the extent of leaks or gas pockets, with 
an emphasis on detecting weakness of, vulner-
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ability of, or damage to pipe barrels, pipe 
joints, or other pipe features; 
‘‘(H) 
real-time 
remote 
sensing 
tech-
nologies, including the use of advanced data 
management and analytics, that detect and 
alert owners and operators to wastewater and 
water supply treatment facilities operations, in-
cluding leakages, and pipe bursts on a real-time 
basis, including persistent sensor networks ca-
pable of measuring— 
‘‘(i) acoustic signals; 
‘‘(ii) pressure transient; 
‘‘(iii) water quality; or 
‘‘(iv) water flow; 
‘‘(I) advanced metering infrastructure, in-
cluding meter data analytics and ratepayer 
technology— 
‘‘(i) to improve end-user conservation; 
and 
‘‘(ii) in support of disadvantaged com-
munities; 
‘‘(J) resilient water supply projects that 
may provide real-time monitoring of weather 
patterns and weather-related impacts on water 
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quality and flood protection reservoirs and 
dams that enhance operations, including— 
‘‘(i) improved water supply reliability 
and management; 
‘‘(ii) protection of natural resources, 
including fisheries; and 
‘‘(iii) temperature control; 
‘‘(K) innovative and alternative water sup-
ply projects, including groundwater banking, 
that rely on real-time data acquisition to sup-
port predictive aquifer recharge through water 
reuse and stormwater management capabilities; 
‘‘(L) artificial intelligence and other intel-
ligent optimization tools that— 
‘‘(i) reduce operational costs, includ-
ing costs relating to energy consumption 
and chemical treatment of wastewater and 
stormwater; and 
‘‘(ii) improve decisionmaking; and 
‘‘(M) advanced digital design and construc-
tion management technologies and tools relating 
to water treatment systems and distribution 
networks the development of advanced digital 
models.’’; 
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(2) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) USES OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from grants re-
ceived under this section may be used for engineer-
ing, design, construction, and final testing of alter-
native water source projects designed to meet critical 
water supply needs. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—Amounts from grants re-
ceived under this section may not be used for plan-
ning, feasibility studies, operation, or maintenance. 
‘‘(3) INTELLIGENT
WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE 
TECHNOLOGIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from grants 
received under this section may be used for en-
gineering, design, construction, implementation, 
training, and operations relating to the adop-
tion and use of intelligent water infrastructure 
technology. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—For purposes of 
paragraph (2), any costs with respect to intel-
ligent water infrastructure technology shall not 
be considered operation or maintenance costs.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(h) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Water Infrastruc-
ture Modernization Act of 2025, and not less fre-
quently than annually thereafter, the Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report that— 
‘‘(A) describes— 
‘‘(i) the projects awarded grants for 
the purposes described in subsection (f)(3); 
and 
‘‘(ii) the improvements in the resil-
iency that resulted from grants awarded 
under this section; and 
‘‘(B) includes any recommendations of the 
Administrator to improve the ability of grants 
under this section to achieve the uses described 
in subsection (f). 
‘‘(2) INITIAL REPORT.—In the initial report re-
quired under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall 
include a description of the implementation of this 
section, including a description of— 
‘‘(A) the projects for which a grant was 
sought under this section for the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (f)(3) that were denied; 
and 
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‘‘(B) for each of the projects described in 
subparagraph (A), the reasons for which the 
grant was denied.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (i)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2026’’ and inserting 
‘‘2028’’. 
Æ 
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