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$200 Million Wastewater Security Funding on Deck in Congress
WASHINGTON - A wastewater security funding bill is scheduled to soon move
through the US Senate (S. 1039) with bipartisan support, according to the
Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA).
The funding could provide as much as $200 million to municipalities, according
to the National Rural Water Association (NRWA). Already, nearly identical
legislation has passed the US House (H. R. 866) by a vote of 413-2, while S.
1039 has passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee by a vote of
13-6.
"The swift passage of the bill would provide much needed funding to cities and
counties whose budgets are stagnant and declining, to help them perform
vulnerability assessments and enhance security throughout their wastewater
systems," AMSA Executive Director Ken Kirk said in a letter to Sen. James
Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.