Joint Comments on Drought Relief Act Provisions Feb 9, 2016 Comment Letters To: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Subject: Support for Drought Relief Act Provisions Other signatories: California Association of Sanitation Agencies, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, WateReuse Association, Western Recycled Water Coalition Letter excerpt: On behalf of the undersigned associations, we extend our support for provisions in your recent draft legislation, cited as the “California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act” that will provide critical funding opportunities for many water projects. Thank you also for including a list of agencies in California that are developing recycled water supplies as identified in the nationwide recycled water project survey undertaken by the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, Association of California Water Agencies, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, WateReuse Association, and Western Recycled Water Coalition. As addressed in your draft, these projects plus many others identified in California will be capable of producing well over one-million acre feet of water annually once constructed. We strongly support your efforts to streamline the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program and to increase funding authorization so that new water recycling projects can seek needed funding to move their project into construction and develop these drought-tolerant supplies. Download joint comment letter
