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ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
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Energy and Water Appropriations: Bureau of Reclamation budget and specific programs including CALFED, Title XVI, and Quagga muscle research and action plan, Colorado River Salinity Control, Army Corps budget, WIIN Act (P.L. 114-322) programs Interior and Environment Appropriations: EPA's SRF program, WIFIA, USGS's streamgauge program, geospatial imagery program and water cooperative program, national priority water quality research program funding, forest service budget, US Army Corps of Engineers civil works budget. Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations: Farm bill conservation programs and NRCS funding; Colorado River salinity control funding. Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations: Low Income Household Water Assistance funding Municipal bonds/tax reform Alternative financing mechanisms for Reclamation projects, RIFIA, aging infrastructure funding
Funding and implementation of cybersecurity measures for municipal water and wastewater agencies
Low Income Household Water Affordability Program
State administration of EPA's SRF program Water Infrastructure Funding: SRF funding, WIFIA funding (water infrastructure financing investment act) Clean Water Act: NPDES permit terms to ten years, clean water act rulemaking, Waters of the U.S. rulemaking Safe Drinking Water Act implementation: EPA regulatory determinations Watersense Authorization CEQA/NEPA issues Issues related to S.1430 Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act Drinking water regulation, per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS) regulation, CERCLA liability exemption for municipal water and wastewater agencies, comments for CERCLA Rulemaking on PFOA and PFOS at EPA, comments for draft PFAS-related legislation through Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Resource Conservation Recovery Act issues related to PFAS EPA Lead and Copper Rule Improvements regulation Issues related to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Principles Requirements and Guidelines.
Tax exemption for Water Conservation Measures, Protect Municipal Bonds