Sec. 4. Sustainable water loss control program
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The Administrator shall establish and carry out a program (referred to in this section as the program )— to make grants and provide technical assistance to eligible entities to perform annual audits of public water systems that are— conducted in accordance with the procedures contained in the manual published by the American Water Works Association entitled M36 Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Fourth Edition (or any successor manual determined appropriate by the Administrator); and validated under such criteria as may be specified by the Administrator; and to make grants and provide technical assistance to eligible entities— to implement controls to address real losses, apparent losses, or a combination of real and apparent losses that are identified in an audit conducted and validated in accordance with the procedures and criteria described in paragraph (1); and to help public water systems that have conducted and validated such an audit establish water loss control programs.
In selecting eligible entities to receive grants and technical assistance under the program, the Administrator shall consider— the percentage of customers of the public water system that would be served by the grants or technical assistance that are low-income households; and the ability of the public water system that would be served by the grants or technical assistance, on completion of an audit conducted and validated in accordance with the procedures and criteria described in subsection (a)(1)— to successfully sustain a water loss control program; and to demonstrate that the water loss control program will reduce real losses, apparent losses, or a combination of real and apparent losses in the public water system.
The Administrator shall— annually compile, by Environmental Protection Agency region, information on the amount of water savings achieved pursuant to this section; and publish on the website of the Administrator the information compiled under paragraph (1). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028, of which— $20,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used to carry out subsection (a)(1); and $20,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used to carry out subsection (a)(2).
Of the amounts made available under paragraph
(1)for grants under the program each fiscal year, the Administrator may use not more than 4 percent to pay the administrative costs of the Administrator.