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Home My WebLink About14.a. (Handout) Additional GM Announcement Item 14.a. (Handout) ATTACHMENT 3 Board Meeting of November 1, 2018 Additional Written Announcement: LEGISLATIVE MATTERS— PRIORITY LEGISLATION 5) Central San Letter Sent in Support of Bureau of Reclamation's Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Competitive Grant Program As part of a recent coalition call-to-action request from WateReuse, and direction from the Board as part of our priority legislation to support Title XVI-WIIN Reauthorization, Central San signed on to a recent letter that was sent to Capitol Hill on October 29, 2018. See Attachment 4 for a copy of the letter. ATTACHMENT 4 4i WATEREUSE 1199 North Fairfax St,Suite 900•Alexandria,VA 22314 October 29, 2018 The Honorable Lisa Murkowski The Honorable Maria Cantwell Chairman Ranking Member Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 304 Dirksen Senate Office Building 304 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Rob Bishop The Honorable Raul Grijalva Chairman Ranking Member House Natural Resources Committee House Natural Resources Committee 1324 Longworth House Office Building 1329 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Murkowski, Ranking Member Cantwell,Chairman Bishop, and Ranking Member Grijalva: The undersigned organizations and utilities are writing to urge your support for the reauthorization of the Bureau of Reclamation's Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse competitive grant program authorized in the 2016 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN)Act(Title XVI-WIIN). Title XVI is the only federal program focused on funding water recycling projects in the western states, and with enactment of the FY 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations bill,the$50 million authorization for Title-WIIN has been reached.Therefore, it is critical to reauthorize Title XVI-WIIN to support the continued development of water reuse in the West and the development of drought-proof water supplies. Since Title XVI's inception in 1992,Congress has authorized 53 Title XVI recycling projects producing more than 400,000 acre-feet of drought-resistant water supply.To date, Congress has appropriated approximately$672 million in federal funding which has been leveraged with non-federal funding to implement more than $3.3 billion in water reuse improvements—a nearly 5:1 leverage ratio. However, as no new projects had been authorized by Congress since 2009,the 2016 WIIN Act created a mechanism to continue support for Western water reuse projects by establishing a competitive grant program within Title XVI,enabling new projects to be eligible for federal assistance. There are currently 44 Title XVI-WIIN eligible projects awaiting assistance,with a total of$528 million in eligible federal cost-share,this list will only grow as more projects become eligible.To address the federal cost-share demand,we urge that Title XVI-WIIN be reauthorized at$250 million over five years, paid for by deauthorizing"inactive"Title XVI projects following a similar deauthorization process Congress enacted for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in the 2014 Water Resources Reform and Development Act. Currently,the federal cost-share for projects that have never received funding or have not received funding in the past ten years is approximately$200 million. Under the proposal, sponsors of projects listed for deauthorization would have a transparent and public process to submit Title XVI Stakeholder Support Letter Page 2 information demonstrating the project's active status to the Bureau of Reclamation with a request to revoke the deauthorization. Clean and reliable water is the backbone of a community's health and economy. Water reuse provides a sustainable and secure water supply for communities, increasingly important in the face of more frequent and severe droughts and changing hydrologic conditions throughout the West. We are also aware that the,WIIN 2016 authorizations for the desalination program ($30 million), and western water storage funds ($335 million) have also expired with the enactment of the FY 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations measure. We support the reauthorization of these programs as water storage and desalination projects work in tandem with water recycling projects to ensure that communities across the West have safe,secure, and sustainable water supplies. Thank you for your consideration of this request.Should you have any questions or would like to discuss further, please do not hesitate to contact Patricia Sinicropi, WateReuse Association at psinicropi@watereuse.ore. Sincerely, National Organizations Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) American Public Works Association (APWA) American Water Works Association (AWWA) Arizona Agencies Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies Apache Junction Water District (AMWA) City of Tucson Water Department-Tucson Water National Association of Clean Water Agencies Flagstaff Water Services (NACWA) Scottsdale Water National Rural Water Association (NRWA) Rural Community Assistance Partnership Inc. California Agencies (RCAP) Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation Water and Wastewater Equipment District Zone 7 Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) Central Contra Costa Sanitary District WateReuse Association City of Corona Water Environment Federation(WEF) City of Escondido, Utilities Department Western Coalition of Arid States (WESTCAS) City of Modesto Western Recycled Water Coalition (WRWC) City of Pasadena City of Pismo Beach State and Regional NGOs City of Pleasanton WateReuse Arizona City of San Diego Public Utilities Department WateReuse California Delta Diablo WateReuse Colorado Dublin San Ramon Services District WateReuse Nevada Eastern Municipal Water District WateReuse Pacific Northwest(PNW) El Toro Water District WateReuse Texas Inland Empire Utilities Agency(IEUA) California Association of Sanitation Agencies Irvine Ranch Water District(IRWD) (CASA) Las Virgenes Municipal Water District Title XVI Stakeholder Support Letter Page 3 Leucadia Wastewater District City of North Las Vegas Utilities Department Marina Coast Water District Clark County Water Reclamation District Mesa Water District Truckee Meadows Water Authority(TMWA) Monterey One Water Monterey Peninsula Water Management District New Mexico Agencies Olivenhain Municipal Water District Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority Orange County Water District City of Rio Rancho Otay Water District Padre Dam Municipal Water District Oklahoma Agencies Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District City of Norman San Diego County Water Authority San Elijo Joint Powers Authority Oregon Agencies Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County Clean Water Services Santa Clara Valley Water District Santa Margarita Water District Texas Agencies Scotts Valley Water District City of San Marcos Santa Clarita Water(SCV Water) City of Wichita Falls Town of Marana Water Utilities Association EI Paso Water Utilities Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Gulf Coast Authority(GCA) Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority McAllen Public Utility(MPU) (VVWRA) Upper Trinity Regional Water District Colorado Agencies Utah Agencies Arapahoe County Water&Wastewater Authority South Jordan City (ACWWA) Denver Water Washington Agencies King County,Wastewater Treatment Division Nevada Agencies City of Henderson- Utility Services CC:The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representative The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator