Sec. 421. Water storage, integrated regional water management, reclamation, and recycling projects
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Congress finds that— the State is currently experiencing an historic drought that has not been witnessed in over 100 years of recorded history, and funding will allow the Bureau of Reclamation to better respond to and mitigate the potential impacts of extended drought and long-term sustainability challenges; since WaterSMART was established in 2010, the program has provided approximately $250,000,000 in competitively awarded funding to non-Federal partners, including Indian tribes, water districts, municipalities, and institutions of higher education, which investments have conserved enough water to meet the needs of more than 3,800,000 individuals, allowing every acre-foot of water conserved to be made available for other uses; and activities funded under WaterSMART include those critical to meeting the Priority Goal for Climate Change of the Department of the Interior, which includes climate risk assessment activities and related efforts that ensure sustainable water supplies in the western United States.
Section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 42 U.S.C. 10368 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections
(c)through
(e)as subsections
(d)through (f), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(b)the following: The Secretary is authorized to enter into cost shared financial assistance and other long-term agreements with non-Federal participants in Reclamation States (as defined in section 402 of the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 ) and the States of Hawaii and Alaska to advance the planning, design, and construction of non-Federal permanent water storage and conveyance facilities, projects for the reclamation and reuse of municipal, industrial, domestic and agricultural wastewater, and naturally impaired ground and surface waters, and other water management improvement projects for which the Secretary is authorized under this subtitle to assist an applicant in the planning, design, and construction. In providing financial assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to storage, conveyance, and water management improvement projects that— ensure the efficient and beneficial use of water or reuse of recycled water; use integrated and coordinated water management on a watershed or regional scale; increase the availability of usable water supplies in a watershed or region to benefit individuals, the economy, and the environment and include adaptive measures needed to address climate change and future demands; where practicable, provide flood control or recreation benefits and include the development of incremental hydroelectric power generation; include partnerships that go beyond political and institutional jurisdictions to support the efficient use of the limited water resources of a region and the United States; and generate environmental benefits, such as benefits to fisheries, wildlife and habitat, water quality, water-dependent ecological systems, and water supply benefits to agricultural and urban water users. The Federal share of the cost of a project authorized under subsection
(a)shall be— an amount equal to the lesser of— 25 percent of total costs; and $20,000,000 (adjusted for inflation); and nonreimbursable. The non-Federal share of the cost of a project authorized under subsection
(a)may include in-kind contributions to the planning, design, and construction of a project. The non-Federal entity entering into a financial assistance agreement under this subsection shall hold title to any and all facilities constructed under this section, and shall be solely responsible for the costs of operating and maintaining such facilities. ; and in subsection
(f)(as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking $300,000,000 and inserting $400,000,000 .
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