Drinking Water Adaptation, Technology, Education, and Research (WATER) Act

Summary

Drinking Water Adaptation, Technology, Education, and Research (WATER) Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and provide funding for a program of directed and applied research, to be conducted through a nonprofit water research foundation and sponsored by drinking water utilities, to assist the utilities in adapting to the effects of climate change. Requires research areas to include: (1) water quality impacts and solutions; (2) impacts on groundwater supplies from carbon sequestration; (3) water quantity impacts and solutions; (4) infrastructure impacts and solutions for water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities and underground pipelines; (5) desalination, water reuse, and alternative supply technologies; (6) energy efficiency and greenhouse gas minimization; (7) regional and hydrological basin cooperative water management solutions; (8) utility management, decision support systems, and water management models; (9) greenhouse gas emissions reduction and improvement of energy demand management; (10) water conservation and demand management; and (11) communications, education, and public acceptance.

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Timeline

1. 6 October 2009

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 October 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 October 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 8 October 2009

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

   Source: Committee

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Sponsors

• Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · D · Cosponsor
• · hssy00 · Standing

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