Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3112 To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize certain recycled water projects, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 11, 2021 Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. PANETTA, and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize certain recycled water projects, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Western Water Recy- 4 cling and Drought Relief Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 7 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h 8 et seq.) (as amended by section 512 (a) of the Consoli- 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3112 IH dated Natural Resources Act of 2008) is amended by add- 1 ing at the end the following: 2 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. BENICIA WATER REUSE PROJECT. 3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 4 tion with the City of Benicia, California, is authorized to 5 participate in the design, planning, and construction of re- 6 cycled water system facilities. 7 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 8 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 9 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 10 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 11 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 12 authorized by this section. 13 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 14 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 15 $7,150,000. 16 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. CENTRAL REDWOOD CITY RECYCLED WATER 17 PROJECT. 18 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 19 tion with the City of Redwood City, California, is author- 20 ized to participate in the design, planning, and construc- 21 tion of recycled water system facilities. 22 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 23 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 24 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3112 IH ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 1 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 2 authorized by this section. 3 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 5 $7,500,000. 6 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. FLOW EQUALIZATION AND RESOURCE RE- 7 COVERY FACILITY LEVEE IMPROVEMENTS 8 AND BAYFRONT RECYCLED WATER FACILITY. 9 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 10 tion with the West Bay Sanitary District, California, is 11 authorized to participate in the design, planning, and con- 12 struction of recycled water system facilities. 13 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 14 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 15 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 16 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 17 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 18 authorized by this section. 19 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 20 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 21 $15,000,000. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3112 IH ‘‘SEC. 16lll. HAYWARD RECYCLED WATER PROJECT 1 PHASE II. 2 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 3 tion with the City of Hayward, California, is authorized 4 to participate in the design, planning, and construction of 5 recycled water system facilities. 6 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 7 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 8 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 9 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 10 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 11 authorized by this section. 12 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 13 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 14 $2,500,000. 15 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. IRONHOUSE SANITARY DISTRICT RECYCLED 16 WATER PROJECT. 17 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 18 tion with the Ironhouse Sanitary District, California, is 19 authorized to participate in the design, planning, and con- 20 struction of recycled water distribution systems. 21 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 22 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 23 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3112 IH ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 1 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 2 authorized by this section. 3 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 5 $5,000,000. 6 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. MOUNTAIN VIEW RECYCLED WATER SYSTEM 7 EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT. 8 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 9 tion with the City of Mountain View, California, is author- 10 ized to participate in the design, planning, and construc- 11 tion of recycled water system facilities. 12 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 13 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 14 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 15 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 16 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 17 authorized by this section. 18 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 19 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 20 $5,000,000. 21 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. PALO ALTO ENHANCED RECYCLED WATER 22 FACILITY. 23 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 24 tion with the City of Palo Alto, California, is authorized 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3112 IH to participate in the design, planning, and construction of 1 recycled water system facilities. 2 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 3 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 4 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 5 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 6 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 7 authorized by this section. 8 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 9 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 10 $4,000,000. 11 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. PALO ALTO RECYCLED WATER DISTRIBU- 12 TION EXTENSION. 13 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 14 tion with the City of Palo Alto, California, is authorized 15 to participate in the design, planning, and construction of 16 recycled water system facilities. 17 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 18 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 19 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 20 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 21 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 22 authorized by this section. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 3112 IH ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 1 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 2 $8,250,000. 3 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. PURE WATER MONTEREY A GROUNDWATER 4 REPLENISHMENT PROJECT. 5 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 6 tion with the Monterey One Water, California, is author- 7 ized to participate in the design, planning, and construc- 8 tion of recycled water system facilities. 9 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 10 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 11 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 12 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 13 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 14 authorized by this section. 15 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 16 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 17 $5,000,000. 18 ‘‘SEC. 16lll. SOUTH SANTA CLARA COUNTY RECYCLED 19 WATER PROJECT. 20 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera- 21 tion with the Santa Clara Valley Water District, Cali- 22 fornia, is authorized to participate in the design, planning, 23 and construction of recycled water system facilities. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 3112 IH ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 1 of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 2 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 3 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 4 funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 5 authorized by this section. 6 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 7 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 8 $10,995,250.’’. 9 (b) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out 10 sections 1642 through 1648 of the Reclamation Waste- 11 water and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, and the 12 sections added to such Act by subsection (a), the Secretary 13 shall enter into individual agreements with the Western 14 Recycled Water Coalition participating agencies to fund 15 the projects, and shall include in such agreements a provi- 16 sion for the reimbursement of design, planning and con- 17 struction costs, including those costs incurred prior to the 18 enactment of this Act, subject to appropriations made 19 available for the Federal share of the project under sec- 20 tions 1642 through 1648 of the Reclamation Wastewater 21 and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act and the sec- 22 tions added to such Act by subsection (a). 23 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 24 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjust- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 3112 IH ment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371) (as amended by 1 section 512(a) of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act 2 of 2008) is amended by adding at the end the following: 3 ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Benicia water reuse project. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Central Redwood City recycled water project. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Flow equalization and resource recovery facility levee improve- ments and Bayfront recycled water facility. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Hayward recycled water project phase II. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Ironhouse Sanitary District recycled water project. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Mountain View recycled water system expansion and improve- ment. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Palo Alto enhanced recycled water facility. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Palo Alto recycled water distribution extension. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. Pure Water Monterey a groundwater replenishment project. ‘‘Sec. 16lll. South Santa Clara County recycled water project.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3112.IH H3112 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS