Sec. 13. Advanced drinking water technologies
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Subject to the availability of appropriations, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) shall carry out a study that examines the state of existing and potential future technology that enhances or could enhance the treatment, monitoring, affordability, efficiency, and safety of drinking water provided by a public water system (as defined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f )).
The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study under paragraph (1). In this subsection: The term eligible entity means the owner or operator of a public water system that— serves— a population of not more than 100,000 people; or an underserved community; and has plans to identify or has identified opportunities in the operations of the public water system to employ new or emerging, yet proven, technologies, as determined by the Administrator, that enhance treatment, monitoring, affordability, efficiency, or safety of the drinking water provided by the public water system, including technologies not identified in the study conducted under subsection (a)(1).
The term program means the competitive grant program established under paragraph (2). The term public water system has the meaning given the term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f ). The term underserved community means a political subdivision of a State that, as determined by the Administrator, has an inadequate system for obtaining drinking water. The Administrator shall establish a competitive grant program under which the Administrator shall award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of deploying technologies described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii).
To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may require. A grant provided under the program shall be in an amount that is not more than $500,000. Subject to clause (ii), the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using a grant under the program shall not exceed 90 percent of the total cost of the project. The Administrator may increase the Federal share under clause
(i)to 100 percent. Not later than 1 year after the date on which Administrator first awards a grant under the program, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing— each recipient of a grant under the program during the previous 1-year period; and a summary of the activities carried out using grants awarded under the program. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2024, to remain available until expended. Not more than 2 percent of the amount made available for a fiscal year under subparagraph
(A)to carry out the program may be used by the Administrator for the administrative costs of carrying out the program.
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