Infrastructure bill moves forward in Senate

The U.S. Senate worked into the weekend on a massive infrastructure bill that promises to spend an additional $550 billion on infrastructure over five years, including $48.4 billion focused on drinking water and wastewater programs at the U.S. EPA. As of Friday, the measure appeared on track for passage over the weekend or early this week at the latest, according to the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA).

Unveiled by a bipartisan coalition of senators last week, the legislation, newly dubbed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is the end product of what has been months of negotiations. New EPA water infrastructure spending promised by the bill over the next five years (FY22-26) includes: