More water storage projects could get federal help to increase water supplies for communities.
The Every Drop Counts Act would make more water storage projects eligible for federal grants. This includes projects that store water on the surface or underground. The bill also ensures these changes would not affect existing state or federal water laws or water rights.
Today, federal grants for water storage projects under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act have specific, narrower rules for what projects can get money. After this bill, a wider range of projects would qualify. This includes projects that refill underground water sources and move water. These projects would have capacities from 200 to 30,000 acre-feet for general storage. Projects that refill underground water sources would handle 200 to 150,000 acre-feet each year.
HR 338 · 119th Congress · January 13, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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