Sec. 4. Western Water Resilience Center
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy shall enter into a partnership with 1 or more institutions of higher education to establish a center to conduct research on the development, commercialization, and deployment of innovations in water and energy technologies, to be known as the Western Water Resilience Center . The Center shall conduct research on— data collection, modeling, and advanced data analytics of precipitation, runoff, and water resources at the regional level; the development of technology and systems that improve management and assist in the development of water infrastructure; addressing— Tribal water supply and quality; and any other factors that affect the reliable access of Indian Tribes to water resources; and the establishment of a, or a partnership with an existing, water technology accelerator that— would bring water innovations to market by addressing multiple phases of technology development, including validation, development, startup, and scaling; and has an emphasis on binational collaboration between the United States and Middle Eastern countries, such as Israel.
In entering into a partnership under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy shall give priority to a partnership with an institution of higher education that— has experience conducting research on water scarcity issues; is located in a Reclamation State; has an established background of coordinating with Indian Tribes on water issues; and is located in a State that has an established presence in Israel for the promotion of trade.