{"id":17407,"date":"2022-02-18T12:02:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paawwa.org\/?p=17407"},"modified":"2022-02-18T12:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:02:27","slug":"new-resources-u-s-infrastructure-investment-jobs-act-resources-for-the-water-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/new-resources-u-s-infrastructure-investment-jobs-act-resources-for-the-water-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"New Resources&#8230;U.S. Infrastructure Investment &#038; Jobs Act Website: Resources for the Water Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"DnnModule DnnModule-DNN_HTML DnnModule-12628 DnnVersionableControl\">\n<div id=\"dnn_ctr12628_ContentPane\">\n<div id=\"dnn_ctr12628_ModuleContent\" class=\"DNNModuleContent ModDNNHTMLC\">\n<div id=\"dnn_ctr12628_HtmlModule_lblContent\">\n<h5>U.S. Infrastructure Investment &amp; Jobs Act: Resources for the Water Sector<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwa.org\/Resources-Tools\/Resource-Topics\/US-Infrastructure-Investment-Jobs-Act?utm_term=AWWA+Water+Utility+Insider&amp;utm_content=Water+Utility+Insider+-+2-18-22&amp;utm_source=communications&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=insiders\">AWWA Infrastructure Website Information<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5>About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act<\/h5>\n<h5>Signed into law November 2021, the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/3684?q=%257B%2522search%2522:%255B%2522HR3684%2522,%2522HR3684%2522%255D%257D&amp;s=1&amp;r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H.R. 3684<\/a>, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act), launched a new era of significant investment in rehabilitating and updating the nation\u2019s water infrastructure.<\/h5>\n<p>This federal law:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reauthorizes several existing drinking water programs.<\/li>\n<li>Greatly expands federal funding for water infrastructure and related programs over the next five years.<\/li>\n<li>Commits $15 billion for lead service line replacement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While this law addresses many infrastructure sectors, AWWA has compiled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwa.org\/Resources-Tools\/Resource-Topics\/US-Infrastructure-Investment-Jobs-Act#12629704-drinking-water-highlights\">highlights of the drinking water and wastewater provisions<\/a>\u00a0of the Infrastructure Act \u2014 as well as related\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwa.org\/Resources-Tools\/Resource-Topics\/US-Infrastructure-Investment-Jobs-Act#12629705-resources\">resources for water utilities<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwa.org\/Resources-Tools\/Resource-Topics\/US-Infrastructure-Investment-Jobs-Act#12629706-news\">news<\/a>\u00a0about this law.\u00a0The next challenge is to implement the programs and spending established by this law.<\/p>\n<p>AWWA is committed to helping our members understand and access resources to get important water infrastructure projects done. If you are not already an AWWA member, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwa.org\/Membership-Volunteering\/Join\">join AWWA<\/a>\u00a0today to access even more support for your valuable work in the water sector!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"DnnModule DnnModule-DNN_HTML DnnModule-12630 DnnVersionableControl\">\n<p><a name=\"12630\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"dnn_ctr12630_ContentPane\">\n<div id=\"dnn_ctr12630_ModuleContent\" class=\"DNNModuleContent ModDNNHTMLC\">\n<div id=\"dnn_ctr12630_HtmlModule_lblContent\">\n<h2>State Revolving Fund Contacts<\/h2>\n<p>Congress has directed that most Infrastructure Act funding for water projects will be channeled through\u00a0<strong>state revolving loan fund (SRF)<\/strong>\u00a0programs for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/dwsrf\">drinking water<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/cwsrf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wastewater<\/a>. SRFs are administered jointly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state, tribal and territorial agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Infrastructure Investment &amp; Jobs Act: Resources for the Water Sector AWWA Infrastructure Website Information About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act Signed into law November 2021, the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act), launched a new era of significant investment in rehabilitating and updating the nation\u2019s water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,14,7,5,11,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17409,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407\/revisions\/17409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.linnflux.tech\/paawwa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}