Sec. 121. 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 variability and drought resiliency require additional water supply projects to cope with higher probabilities of longer, more intense droughts; the historic drought in the State of California highlights the necessity of long-term projects to address a changing climate; the California Water Plan and surveys conducted by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, the Water Reuse Association, the Association of California Water Agencies, the Western Recycled Water Coalition, and the California Association of Sanitation Agencies led to the identification of 137 water recycling and desalination projects capable of producing 1,412,799 acre-feet of new water supplies if sufficient funding or financing tools existed to facilitate development of the projects; there exists a Federal interest in the projects referred to in paragraph
(4)to the extent that the projects can— diversify water supplies; reduce conflicts hindering existing Federal reclamation efforts on the Colorado River and around the Delta; and advance technologies which reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of water desalination projects; and this Act will enable Federal support for desalination projects, including the projects referred to in paragraph
(4)and others by providing Federal cost-share grants, through the Water Desalination Act of 1996 ( 42 U.S.C. 10301 note; Public Law 104–298 ), the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act ( 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq. ), and the WaterSMART program of the Department of the Interior, and by making low-cost loans or loan guarantees available under subtitle D. On submission of a completed feasibility report in accordance 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 this title, subject to the condition that the Secretary shall include among the projects reviewed watercycling 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 (Bureau of Sanitation and Department of Water and 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 Ventura. 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. Long Beach Water Department. Los Carneros Water District. Marin Municipal Water District. Metropolitan Water District/Los Angeles Sanitation 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. Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary 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. Water Replenishment District of Southern California. West Basin Municipal Water District. West Bay Sanitary District. West County Wastewater District. Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County. Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority. Yucaipa Valley Water District. Water recycling and reuse projects described in subsection
(b)may compete for funding authorized under the following sections of this title if the projects meet applicable eligibility requirements, subject to the condition that no particular project receive Federal grant funding from more than one Federal grant program: Section 101, which amends section 9504 (WaterSMART) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 42 U.S.C. 10364 ) and authorizes $200,000,000 in additional Federal assistance for water storage and conveyance facilities, integrated regional water management, reclamation and recycling projects, and groundwater recharge. Section 123, which amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act ( 43 U.S.C. 390h ) and authorizes $150,000,000 in Federal assistance for water recycling and reuse projects. Subtitle D, which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide Federal assistance to finance the development of critical water resource infrastructure through loans and loan guarantees to qualified applicants. On submission of a completed feasibility report in accordance 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 this title, subject to the condition that the Secretary shall include among the projects reviewed the following desalination projects referred to in the 2013 California Water Plan or in an integrated regional water management plan accepted by the State of California: 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, and 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 Groundwater Desalination Facility. San Elijo Valley Groundwater Project. Bay Area Regional Desalination 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. Desalination projects described in subsection
(1)may compete for funding authorized under the following sections of this title if the projects meet applicable eligibility requirements, subject to the condition that no particular project receive Federal grant funding from more than one Federal program: Section 101, which amends section 9504 (WaterSMART) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 42 U.S.C. 10364 ) and authorizes $200,000,000 in additional Federal assistance for water storage and conveyance facilities, integrated regional water management, reclamation and recycling projects, and groundwater recharge. Section 122, which reauthorizes the Water Desalination Act of 1996 ( 42 U.S.C. 10301 ; Public Law 104–298 ) as amended, and authorizes $100,000,000 in Federal assistance for desalination research, demonstration projects, and desalination project feasibility and design. Section 123, which amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act ( 43 U.S.C. 390h ) and authorizes $150,000,000 in Federal assistance for water recycling and reuse projects. Subtitle D, which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide Federal assistance to finance the development of critical water resource infrastructure through loans and loan guarantees to qualified applicants.
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Sec. 121
Water recycling and desalination projects
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