119-s2388

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2388 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2388

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
 pilot program for alternative water source projects, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 23, 2025

Mr. Gallego (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
 Public Works

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
 pilot program for alternative water source projects, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Water Infrastructure Modernization 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INTELLIGENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY.

 

Section 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1300) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b) , by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Intelligent water infrastructure technology.--The 
 term `intelligent water infrastructure technology' means--
 ``
        (A) intelligent wastewater treatment and 
 collection systems and stormwater management 
 operations, including technologies that rely on--
 ``
            (i) the use of real-time monitoring, 
 management, analytics, and data collection 
 tools, embedded intelligence, and predictive 
 maintenance capabilities that improve the 
 energy efficiency, cost efficiency, 
 reliability, and resiliency of wastewater 
 treatment and collection systems;
 ``
            (ii) real-time remote sensors that 
 provide continuous monitoring of water quality 
 to support optimization; and
 ``
            (iii) the use of artificial intelligence 
 and other intelligent optimization tools that--
 ``
            (I) reduce operational costs, 
 including operational costs relating to 
 energy consumption and chemical 
 treatment; and
 ``
            (II) improve decisionmaking;
 ``
        (B) innovative and alternative combined sewer and 
 stormwater control projects, including groundwater 
 banking, that rely on real-time data acquisition to 
 support predictive aquifer recharge through water reuse 
 and stormwater management capabilities;
 ``
            (C) advanced digital design and construction 
 management tools, including advanced digital 
 technologies;
 ``
            (D) technology that can identify or reduce water 
 losses in a nondestructive or nondisruptive manner, 
 including through analytical software, flow and 
 pressure monitoring, or acoustic data collection;
 ``
        (E) predictive and diagnostic tools for informed 
 decisionmaking;
 ``
        (F) technology that can provide comprehensive 
 data on pipe integrity to identify the presence of 
 leaks or gas pockets;
 ``
        (G) technology that can provide information on 
 the extent of leaks or gas pockets, with an emphasis on 
 detecting weakness of, vulnerability of, or damage to 
 pipe barrels, pipe joints, or other pipe features;
 ``
        (H) real-time remote sensing technologies, 
 including the use of advanced data management and 
 analytics, that detect and alert owners and operators 
 to wastewater and water supply treatment facilities 
 operations, including leakages, and pipe bursts on a 
 real-time basis, including persistent sensor networks 
 capable of measuring--
 ``
            (i) acoustic signals;
 ``
            (ii) pressure transient;
 ``
            (iii) water quality; or
 ``
            (iv) water flow;
 ``
            (I) advanced metering infrastructure, including 
 meter data analytics and ratepayer technology--
 ``
            (i) to improve end-user conservation; and
 ``
            (ii) in support of disadvantaged 
 communities;
 ``
        (J) resilient water supply projects that may 
 provide real-time monitoring of weather patterns and 
 weather-related impacts on water quality and flood 
 protection reservoirs and dams that enhance operations, 
 including--
 ``
            (i) improved water supply reliability and 
 management;
 ``
            (ii) protection of natural resources, 
 including fisheries; and
 ``
            (iii) temperature control;
 ``
        (K) innovative and alternative water supply 
 projects, including groundwater banking, that rely on 
 real-time data acquisition to support predictive 
 aquifer recharge through water reuse and stormwater 
 management capabilities;
 ``
            (L) artificial intelligence and other intelligent 
 optimization tools that--
 ``
            (i) reduce operational costs, including 
 costs relating to energy consumption and 
 chemical treatment of wastewater and 
 stormwater; and
 ``
            (ii) improve decisionmaking; and
 ``
            (M) advanced digital design and construction 
 management technologies and tools relating to water 
 treatment systems and distribution networks the 
 development of advanced digital models.'';

    (2) by striking subsection

    (f) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (f) Uses of Grants.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Amounts from grants received under this 
 section may be used for engineering, design, construction, and 
 final testing of alternative water source projects designed to 
 meet critical water supply needs.
 ``

    (2) Prohibition.--Amounts from grants received under this 
 section may not be used for planning, feasibility studies, 
 operation, or maintenance.
 ``

    (3) Intelligent water infrastructure technologies.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--Amounts from grants received 
 under this section may be used for engineering, design, 
 construction, implementation, training, and operations 
 relating to the adoption and use of intelligent water 
 infrastructure technology.
 ``
        (B) Applicability.--For purposes of paragraph

    (2) , any costs with respect to intelligent water 
 infrastructure technology shall not be considered 
 operation or maintenance costs.'';

    (3) by striking subsection

    (h) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (h) Reports.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
 of enactment of the Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 
 2025, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the 
 Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that--
 ``
        (A) describes--
 ``
            (i) the projects awarded grants for the 
 purposes described in subsection

    (f)

    (3) ; and
 ``
            (ii) the improvements in the resiliency 
 that resulted from grants awarded under this 
 section; and
 ``
        (B) includes any recommendations of the 
 Administrator to improve the ability of grants under 
 this section to achieve the uses described in 
 subsection

    (f) .
 ``

    (2) Initial report.--In the initial report required under 
 paragraph

    (1) , the Administrator shall include a description of 
 the implementation of this section, including a description 
 of--
 ``
        (A) the projects for which a grant was sought 
 under this section for the purposes described in 
 subsection

    (f)

    (3) that were denied; and
 ``
        (B) for each of the projects described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) , the reasons for which the grant was 
 denied.''; and

    (4) in subsection
            (i) (1) --
        (A) by striking ``$25,000,000'' and inserting 
 ``$50,000,000''; and
        (B) by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2028''.
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