The Bureau of Reclamation is providing more than $16 million to nine congressionally authorized Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse projects. This funding, part of the WaterSMART Program, is for the planning, design, and construction of water recycling and reuse projects in partnership with local government entities.
"Title XVI projects develop and supplement urban and irrigation water supplies by reclaiming and reusing water," said Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman. "These projects assist communities with new sources of clean water, which increases water management flexibility and makes water supply more reliable."
The projects selected are:
Through WaterSMART, Reclamation works cooperatively with states, tribes, and local entities as they plan for and implement actions to increase water supply reliability through investments to modernize existing infrastructure and attention to local water conflicts.
In other water-centric news, Water Unite recently announced the launch of the Water Unite Impact, an investment vehicle with planned capitalization of $100 million, that will invest into private sector water, sanitation, and plastics recycling firms globally. It will endeavor to address the gap in the funding landscape not currently filled by charitable foundations, microfinance institutions, commercial banks, and traditional capital markets.
