Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1278
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2015-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Floods and storm protection
Hydrology and hydrography
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: 

Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants in each of FY2016-FY2020 for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of water systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region. A water system is a community water system, a treatment works, a decentralized wastewater treatment system for domestic sewage, a groundwater storage and replenishment system, a system for transport and delivery of water for irrigation or conservation, or a natural or engineered system that manages floodwaters.
 
The EPA must give priority to owners or operators of water systems that are at the greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant negative impacts due to changing hydrologic conditions.
 
The EPA must ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the list of grant applications funded includes a substantial number that propose to utilize innovative approaches that meet at least one of these goals: 
 
 
promote more efficient water use, conservation, reuse, or recycling; 
 
use decentralized, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches; 
 
reduce stormwater runoff or flooding by protecting or enhancing natural ecosystem functions; 
 
modify, upgrade, enhance, or replace existing water system infrastructure in response to changing hydrologic conditions; 
 
improve water quality or quantity for agricultural and municipal uses; and 
 
provide multiple benefits, including water supply enhancement or demand reduction, water quality protection or improvement, increased flood protection, and ecosystem protection or improvement. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2015-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-03-04
text: Introduced in House