Sec. 2. National onsite wastewater recycling

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It is the sense of Congress that providing communities with the knowledge and resources necessary to fully use decentralized wastewater systems can provide affordable wastewater recycling and treatment to millions of people in the United States. In this section, the term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Administrator shall— for each of the programs described in paragraph (2), update the information for those programs to include information on cost-effective and alternative wastewater recycling and treatment systems, including onsite and decentralized systems; and disseminate to units of local government and nonprofit organizations seeking Federal funds for wastewater systems information on the cost effectiveness of alternative wastewater treatment and recycling systems, including onsite and decentralized systems.

The programs referred to in paragraph (1)(A) are programs that provide technical assistance for wastewater management, including— programs for nonpoint source management under section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1329 ); the permit program for the disposal of sewer sludge under section 405 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1345 ); technical assistance for small public water systems under section 1442(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–2(e) ); and other programs of the Administrator that provide technical assistance for wastewater management.

Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1383 ) (as amended by section 5004(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: In providing assistance from the water pollution control revolving fund of the State established in accordance with this title for a project for a wastewater system serving a population of not more than 2,500, the State shall ensure that an entity receiving assistance from the water pollution control revolving fund of the State certifies that the entity has considered an individual or shared onsite, decentralized wastewater system as an alternative wastewater system. .

Section 5028(a) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 3907(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of a project carried out by the Administrator, the Administrator shall ensure that, for a project for a wastewater system serving a population of not more than 2,500, the eligible entity receiving financial assistance certifies that the eligible entity has considered an individual or shared onsite, decentralized wastewater system as an alternative wastewater system. .

Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1926(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall ensure that, for a wastewater project serving a population of not more than 2,500, the recipient of the financial assistance certifies that the recipient has considered an individual or shared onsite, decentralized wastewater system as an alternative wastewater system. . Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that describes— the amount of financial assistance provided by State water pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) to deploy decentralized wastewater recycling technology; the barriers impacting greater use of decentralized wastewater recycling technologies; the cost-saving potential to communities and future infrastructure investments from further deployment of decentralized wastewater recycling technology; the environmental benefits to the community and groundwater quality from additional investments in decentralized wastewater recycling; and the actions taken by the Administrator to assist States in identifying eligible projects using decentralized wastewater recycling technology.

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