Industry officials are hopeful legislation will be introduced soon in the Senate to reauthorize the state revolving fund program for clean-water infrastructure projects. Although the House approved its SRF bill in March, no Senate bill has yet emerged. But Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said at a Sept. 18 briefing that reauthorizing funding for wastewater projects is a priority for the committee.
Susan Bruninga, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies’ director of legislative and public affairs, says a Senate bill could be introduced near Oct. 18, the Clean Water Act’s 35th anniversary, as a “symbolic gesture.” But she says it depends on the fate of the Water Resources Development Act, which faces a potential presidential veto.
