Reclamation: $3.2 billion to help reduce the backlog in Bureau of Reclamation infrastructure repairs.Environmental restoration: $980 million for environmental programs for Western water, including $580 million for ecosystem restoration programs and $400 million for water conservation and water-use-efficiency programs, including through the use of natural infrastructure.Desalination: $250 million for desalination projects to provide a drought-proof water supply and demonstrate improving desalination technologies.Water recycling: $1 billion for water recycling projects to help stretch water supplies without increasing diversions from rivers and the Delta or harming the environment. ![]() Water storage: $1.15 billion for water storage projects to hold more water in wet years and after major storms for use by communities and for environmental benefit.Senator Diane Feinstein also released a more detailed list of funding for California water infrastructure projects. Buy America requirements will expand in SRF and WIFIA to include “manufactured goods,” in addition to the existing iron and steel Buy America requirements.The Stormwater Infrastructure Technology Program will get $25 million to create five Stormwater Centers of Excellence and $50 million for stormwater infrastructure planning/development and implementation grants.*.The Water Infrastructure and Workforce Investment Grant Program will get $25 million over the next five years. ![]()
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