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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 1894 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California. · Sec. 301

Sec. 301. Water recycling and desalination projects

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Congress finds that— Federal funding to support water recycling and desalination projects in recent years has been insufficient to address water supply needs in many regions across the United States; climate change and drought resiliency require additional water supply projects to cope with higher probabilities of longer more intense droughts; the historic drought in California highlights the necessity of long-term projects to address a changing climate; a recycled water project national survey conducted by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, the Water Reuse Association, the Association of California Water Agencies, and the California Association of Sanitation Agencies in October 2013 identified 92 projects in 14 States that are under consideration or development by water districts capable of producing up to approximately 900,000 acre-feet of new water supplies if there were sufficient funding or financing tools to facilitate the development of those projects; and desalination of both seawater and brackish water has the potential to provide significant new water supplies to regions of the United States vulnerable to drought, as is done in Israel, Australia, and many other countries around the world with scarce water supplies.
Upon the submission of a completed feasibility report compliant with Bureau of Reclamation standards, the Secretary of the Interior shall review requests for water recycling project funding assistance and, subject to the availability of appropriations, award funding, on a competitive basis, for projects that meet the eligibility requirements of title IV, including among the projects reviewed water recycling projects sponsored by any of the following: Bear Valley Community Services District.
Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District. Burbank Water and Power. Cambria Community Services District. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District. City of American Canyon. City of Benicia. City of Brentwood. City of Camarillo. City of Carlsbad (Municipal Water District). City of Corona Department of Water and Power. City of Daly City. City of Del Mar. City of Escondido. City of Fresno. City of Hayward. City of Los Angeles A. (Bureau of Sanitation & Department of Water & Power). City of Modesto.
City of Morro Bay. City of Mountain View. City of Oceanside. City of Palo Alto. City of Paso Robles. City of Pismo Beach. City of Pleasanton. City of Poway. City of Redwood City. City of Riverside. City of Roseville. City of Sacramento. City of San Bernardino. City of San Diego. City of San Luis Obispo. City of Santa Barbara. City of Santa Rosa. City of Shasta Lake. City of Sunnyvale. City of Turlock. City of Vacaville. City of Visalia. Clear Creek Community Services District.
Coachella Valley Water District. Cucamonga Valley Water District. Delta Diablo Sanitation District. Desert Water Agency. Dublin San Ramon Services District. East Bay Municipal Utility District. East Valley Water District. Eastern Municipal Water District. El Dorado Irrigation District. Fallbrook Public Utility District. Goleta Water District. Helendale Community Services District. Hi-Desert Water District. Idyllwild Water District. Inland Empire Utilities Agency. Ironhouse Sanitary District.
Irvine Ranch Water District. Las Virgenes Municipal Water District. Leucadia Wastewater District. Los Carneros Water District. Marin Municipal Water District. Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency. Napa County Department of Public Works. North Bay Water Reuse Authority. North Marin Water District. Novato Sanitary District. Olivenhain Municipal Water District. Orange County Sanitation District. Orange County Water District. Otay Water District. Padre Dam Municipal Water District.
Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. Paradise Irrigation District. Pebble Beach Community Services District. Rainbow Municipal Water District. Ramona Municipal Water District. Rancho California Water District. Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District. Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District. San Bernardino County Special Districts. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. San Jose Water Company. San Luis Obispo County. Santa Clara Valley Water District. Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District.
Santa Fe Irrigation District. Santa Margarita Water District. Sonoma County Water Agency. South Orange County Wastewater Authority. South Tahoe Public Utility District. Sunnyslope County Water District. Town of Yountville. Tuolumne Utilities District. Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District. Valley Center Municipal Water District. Valley Sanitary District. Ventura County Waterworks District No. 8. Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority. West Basin Municipal Water District.
West Bay Sanitary District. West County Wastewater District (Richmond, California). Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County. Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority. Yucaipa Valley Water District. Upon the submission of a completed feasibility report compliant with Bureau of Reclamation standards, the Secretary of the Interior shall review requests for water desalination funding assistance and, subject to the availability of appropriations, award funding on a competitive basis for projects that meet the eligibility requirements of title IV, including among the projects reviewed the following desalination projects referenced in the 2013 California Water Plan:
Cambria Desalination Project. Camp Pendleton Seawater Desalination Project. Chino Basin Desalter 3. Doheny Ocean Desalination Project. GREAT Program Groundwater Desalination Facility Expansion. Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Project. Irvine Non-Potable Shallow Groundwater Unit Desalter. Irvine Ranch Water District Wells 51, 52, 53, 21 & 22 Potable (Non-exempt) Desalter Plant. Long Beach Seawater Desalination Project. Marina Desalination Facility Expansion. Mission Valley Brackish Groundwater Recovery Project.
Monterey Bay Regional Water Project Desalination Facility (Moss Landing). Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project. Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (Ocean Desalination/Groundwater Replenishment). Moorpark Groundwater Desalter. North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter. Oceanside Ocean Desalination Project (San Luis Rey Basin). Perris II Desalter. Ramona Desalting Facility. San Diego Formation/Balboa Park Goundwater Desal Facility. San Elijo Valley Groundwater Project.
San Pasqual Brackish Groundwater Recovery Project. Santa Cruz/Soquel Creek Water District Desalination Plant. South Orange Coastal Ocean Desalination Project. West Basin Seawater Desalination Regional Project. West Simi Valley Desalter. Upon the submission of a completed feasibility report compliant with Bureau of Reclamation standards, the Secretary of the Interior shall review requests for funding assistance and, subject to the availability of appropriations, award funding on a competitive basis for projects that meet the eligibility requirements of title IV, including in the review drought recovery and resiliency projects for— groundwater recharge; stormwater capture; agricultural or urban water conservation and efficiency; or other innovative projects that can reduce reliance on surface and groundwater supplies.
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