EPA resiliency program included in WRDA bill

A flooded treatment plant in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a plan to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act (S. 2800). The WRDA legislation contains a number of drinking water policy reforms, including one that could authorize a new program under the U.S. EPA that would offer competitive grant assistance to communities to offset the cost of water and wastewater projects undertaken to improve the sustainability of infrastructure.