WateReuse Association Applauds Introduction of the Water Reuse and Resiliency Act

Senators Alex Padilla (D-California), Diane Feinstein (D-California) and Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) recently introduced legislation authorizing federal investments to help communities across the country adopt water reuse as a resource management tool. The Water Reuse and Resiliency Act authorizes up to $200 million per year over five years ($1 billion total) for the Alternative Water Source Grants Pilot Program, through which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would provide competitive grants to state, interstate and intrastate water resource development agencies to engineer, design, construct and test alternative water source systems, including water recycling systems. The program would ensure that communities in all 50 states plus