In a rare example of bipartisanship, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has unanimously approved legislation to provide about $35 billion over five years for drinking water and wastewater treatment infrastructure projects around the country.
The measure, which the EPW committee cleared on March 24 by a 20-0 vote, has as its centerpiece $14.65 billion for each of the two main Environmental Protection Agency water infrastructure programs—the drinking water and Clean Water state revolving funds, or SRFs.