Sec. 124. Promoting water efficiency with WaterSense
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The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) is authorized to continue to carry out the voluntary program, known as the WaterSense Program , to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services so as— to reduce water use; to reduce the strain on water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure; to conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and treat water; and to preserve water resources for future generations, through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications regarding, products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services that meet the highest water efficiency and performance criteria.
Not less frequently than once every 4 years, the Administrator shall regularly review and, if appropriate, update WaterSense criteria that have been adopted for the voluntary labeling of categories of products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. The Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, regularly estimate and make available to the public the production and relative market shares of, and the savings of water, energy, and capital costs of water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure attributable to the use of WaterSense-labeled products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services, at least annually.
Prior to establishing or revising a WaterSense category, specification, installation criterion, or other criterion, the Administrator shall— solicit comments from interested parties and the public; and provide reasonable notice to interested parties and the public of any changes (including effective dates), on the adoption of a new or revised category, specification, installation criterion, or other criterion. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the WaterSense program of the Environmental Protection Agency $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2019.