S. 3590
would amend the SDWA to reauthorize certain provisions.
would amend the SDWA to reauthorize certain provisions.
would amend the SDWA to remove limitations on the required use of American iron and steel products in projects carried out using state revolving loan funds.
would amend the SDWA to reauthorize certain provisions.
would amend the SDWA to establish a grant program for improving operational sustainability of small public water systems.
Drinking water contamination in Flint, Michigan, has garnered much-needed nationwide attention, but such contamination is neither isolated, nor a primarily urban problem. A hidden water crisis is straining thousands of smaller communities that share Flint’s risk factors—shrinking populations, social marginalization, and deficient funds. This Article posits that the Safe Drinking Water Act’s increasingly decentralized monitoring and funding scheme has drained communities of the capacity to deliver safe water. It examines the federal government's deliberate and inadvertent blindness to small systems' needs, which has left them in disrepair and unable to access assistance. Finally, it proposes a series of solutions to restore small systems’ viability and visibility, including (1) smart pricing, (2) renewed federal investment, (3) capacity development, (4) consolidation, (5) community engagement, and (6) enforcement.
would amend the SDWA and the FWPCA to authorize additional assistance to address pollution from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalklyl substances and other emerging contaminants.
would amend the SDWA to repeal a certain exemption for hydraulic fracturing.
would amend the FWPCA and the SDWA to modify the payment periods of loans from state revolving funds under those acts.
would amend the SDWA to extend and expand the provision requiring the use of iron and steel products that are produced in the United States in projects funded through a state drinking water treatment revolving loan fund.
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