Thursday Top of the Scroll: Biden gives California more than $690 million to improve water quality and infrastructure
Over the course of two days, the Biden administration announced it would give the state more than $690 million for water projects this year. On Tuesday, the United States Environmental Protection Agency said it would send California more than $391 million to improve its drinking water infrastructure this year. On Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said it would allocate $300 million to 24 projects for water delivery, storage and electricity in California. The funding for each comes from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The act injected $6 billion to the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for states, territories and tribal lands to use in 2023, according to the EPA on Tuesday.
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