{"id":1615763,"date":"2022-08-19T07:37:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T11:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1615763"},"modified":"2022-08-19T07:37:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T11:37:14","slug":"biden-administration-allocates-310-million-in-funding-for-water-reuse-projects-as-drought-grips-much-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-allocates-310-million-in-funding-for-water-reuse-projects-as-drought-grips-much-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Allocates $310 Million in Funding for Water Reuse Projects as Drought Grips Much of US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-allocates-310-million-in-funding-for-water-reuse-projects-as-drought-grips-much-of-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1615763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration announced on Aug. 18 that nearly\u00a0$310 million from the\u00a0Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is being allocated to help aid\u00a0water reuse projects across the country as drought conditions worsen.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/president-bidens-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-help-communities-reduce-vulnerability\">announcement<\/a> comes following\u00a0Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland\u2019s and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton\u2019s two-day tour through central and southern California, which included a visit to\u00a0the Syphon Reservoir Improvement Project at the Irvine Ranch Water District.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from the\u00a0U.S. Department of Interior, approximately $309.8 million in funding from President Joe Biden\u2019s infrastructure law, which was passed in November last year, will go toward the planning, design, and construction of the water reuse projects. That bill\u00a0allocated $8.3 billion to the Bureau of Reclamation for water infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>An additional $1 million in \u201cappropriated funding\u201d will also go toward the projects, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe selected projects will advance drought resilience and are expected to increase annual capacity by about 213,000 acre-feet of water, enough water to support more than 850,000 people a year,\u201d the Department of Interior said.<\/p>\n<p>During their two-day visit to\u00a0central and southern California,\u00a0Haaland and Touton highlighted \u201chow investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help address the worsening drought crisis and expand access to clean drinking water for families, farmers, and wildlife,\u201d the press release states.<\/p>\n<p>California is currently in the midst of a strong drought and\u00a0Gov. Gavin Newsom\u00a0(D-Calif.) last week warned that the state may lose<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2022\/08\/11\/governor-newsom-announces-water-strategy-for-a-hotter-drier-california\/\">\u00a010 percent<\/a> of its water supply by 2040 due to intensely hotter and drier conditions, which Newsom says is being prompted by climate change.<\/p>\n<p>As fears mount over a decline in water availability, Newsom unveiled a\u00a0new water-supply strategy that will enhance conservation efforts and prioritize capturing, recycling, and de-salting water.<\/p>\n<p> Stretching Water Supplies <\/p>\n<p>California has invested\u00a0more than $8 billion in water infrastructure and management over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration announced on Aug. 18 that nearly\u00a0$310 million from the\u00a0Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is being allocated to help aid\u00a0water reuse projects across the country as drought conditions worsen. The announcement comes following\u00a0Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland\u2019s and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton\u2019s two-day tour through central and southern California, which included [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1615763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}