S. 660 · 118th Congress
Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023
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This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a program to support increased membership and involvement of certain smaller water utilities and water treatment works (e.g., wastewater systems) in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC).
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 6, 2023
Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a program to support increased membership and involvement of certain smaller water utilities and water treatment works (e.g., wastewater systems) in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC). As background, WaterISAC is a group of water and wastewater systems and associations that coordinate with the EPA and other federal agencies to collect and analyze data on water security and threats. WaterISAC also provides analysis and resources to support response, mitigation, and resilience initiatives.
Under the bill, the EPA must develop a program to
- encourage and support WaterISAC membership by community water systems (e.g., public water systems that regularly serve at least 25 year-round residents) and water treatment works,
- offset membership dues for community water systems and water treatment works,
- cooperate and coordinate with WaterISAC to expand incident data collection and analysis of threats related to the water sector, and
- enhance WaterISAC's tools and resources for monitoring the water sector and increase the preparedness of community water systems and publicly owned water treatment works to identify and respond to malevolent acts or natural hazards.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act of 2023
Latest action (Mar 6, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Policy area: Water Resources Development · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 6, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.