Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3747
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Housing industry and standards
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Water Efficiency, Conservation, and Adaptation Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services (products, facilities, and services) so as to: (1) reduce water use and the strain on water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure; (2) conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and treat water; and (3) preserve water resources through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications about, products, facilities, and services that meet the highest water efficiency and performance criteria.
 
 
Sets forth the duties of Administrator of the EPA under the program, including to: (1) establish a WaterSense label and certification procedures and to promote labeled products, facilities, and services for reducing water use and ensuring performance; (2) review and update WaterSense criteria for categories of products, facilities, and services; (3) estimate and make available the production and relative market shares of, and the savings of water, energy, and capital costs of water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure attributable to, labeled products, facilities, and services; (4) notify the public of any changes on the adoption of a new or revised WaterSense category, specification, installation criterion, or other criterion and explain such changes; (5) implement other voluntary approaches in commercial, institutional, residential, industrial, and municipal sectors to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use; and (6) apply the WaterSense label as appropriate to water-using products that are labeled by the Energy Star program.
 
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) allocate funds to establish and implement a program of financial incentives for consumer purchase and installation of water-efficient products, facilities, and services; and (2) make grants to owners or operators of specified water systems to address any ongoing or forecasted climate-related impact on the water quality or quantity of a region of the United States for the purposes of mitigating or adapting to the impacts of climate change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House