"Two bipartisan draft water infrastructure bills unveiled this week by the Senate environment committee are a good start but will need even more funding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, water agencies and other groups said Wednesday.

The America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 centers mostly on Army Corps of Engineers projects and policy, and would authorize roughly $17 billion in infrastructure projects.

The Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 would provide roughly $2.5 billion in authorizations, including reauthorizing a Safe Drinking Water Act emergency fund, and $300 million in grants for cleaning drinking water of emerging contaminants, particularly toxic PFAS."

Dean Scott reports for Bloomberg Environment April 22, 2020. [2]