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DIVISION E--DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021TITLE

I--DRINKING WATER

This title authorizes a variety of programs within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that support drinking water infrastructure.

Specifically, the title reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the drinking water state revolving fund program, which provides financial assistance to states and water systems for infrastructure projects. In addition, it reauthorizes through FY2026 existing programs and establishes new programs to support drinking water infrastructure, including programs that

  • Address emergencies (e.g., cybersecurity events) affecting drinking water systems;
  • Protect sources of water (e.g., rivers, lakes, and groundwater);
  • Assist the public water systems of small and disadvantaged communities;
  • Assist low-income households located in rural areas to maintain access to drinking water and wastewater treatment;
  • Reduce lead contamination in drinking water; and ∙support drinking water and sanitation projects on Indian reservations.

TITLE II--CLEAN WATER This title authorizes a variety of programs within the EPA that support clean water infrastructure.

Specifically, the title reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises (1) the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014; and (2) the clean water state revolving fund program, which provides financial assistance to states and communities for sewage and wastewater infrastructure projects. In addition, it reauthorizes through FY2026 existing programs and establishes new programs that support water infrastructure, including programs designed to

  • Assist publicly owned treatment works (i.e., sewage and wastewater treatment plants commonly known as POTWs) convert the waste in water to energy;
  • Plan and construct POTWs to address municipal combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, or stormwater;
  • Increase the resilience of POTWs to natural hazards or cybersecurity vulnerabilities;
  • Assist small and medium POTWs;
  • construct, repair, or replace decentralized wastewater systems for households with low or moderate incomes;
  • Assist qualified households with low or moderate incomes to connect to POTWs;
  • Provide alternative sources of water to meet critical water supply needs; or
  • Develop and construct public water systems and wastewater systems for rural and Native villages in Alaska.
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