As the Trump administration continues to freeze federal funds for environmental projects, some in the water sector see an ally for their funding needs in the president’s nominee to lead EPA’s Office of Water. As a GOP aide on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Jessica Kramer helped craft the water funding provisions included in the infrastructure law. Enacted in 2021, the law set aside roughly $50 billion to fix aging water pipes and treatment plants and remove toxic pollutants. Funding from the law is now in question under President Donald Trump. … Still, Kramer’s nomination suggests that federal dollars for water projects could be spared from the defunding blitz. 

Other federal agency and funding freeze news:

• E&E News by Politico: Water projects on shaky ground amid Trump’s funding freeze
• San Francisco Chronicle: EPA asks to miss key California deadline, blames ‘budget and staffing’
• Circle of Blue: Blog: Republican attack on science targets water research that benefits all
• Los Angeles Times: Trump administration funding cuts could hamper L.A. River parks projects, lawmaker warns
• Sierra Nevada Ally (Reno, Nev.): The federal purge that’s gutting our public lands
• Record Searchlight (Redding, Calif.): Some NPS employees at Whiskeytown let go as part of Trump administration cuts
• Inside Climate News: Chaotic moment for National Parks, Forest Service as staff cuts threaten public lands management
• KSUT (Ignacio, Colo.): Lawmakers and public land advocates warn about consequences of land management agency job cuts
• Real Vail (Colo.): Bennet braces for battle over public lands, oil and gas drilling, mining, DOGE cuts of workers