Sec. 3003. Sustainable Water Loss Control Program
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The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish and carry out a program to— make grants to public water systems to voluntarily undergo an audit of the public water system that is— conducted in accordance with the procedures contained in Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual—36 , 4th edition, published by the American Water Works Association; and validated under such criteria as may be specified by the Administrator; and provide technical assistance to public water systems to— address any findings of audits conducted in accordance with the procedures and criteria described in paragraph (1), including audits conducted pursuant to a grant under paragraph (1); and help such public water systems establish sustainable water loss control programs.
In selecting public water systems to make grants and provide technical assistance to pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider— the relative share of the customer base of the public water system made up of customers from disadvantaged communities (as defined in section 2008); and the ability of the public water system to successfully sustain a water loss control program upon completion of the audit. The Federal share of the cost of any audit for which a grant is awarded by the Administrator under subsection
(a)shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the audit. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.