Bipartisan infra deal trims Biden's water proposals

摘要

A bipartisan infrastructure deal in the US which includes $60 billion in water and wastewater funding faced an early setback this month, after the framework failed to pass a procedural vote in the US Senate on 21 July. The motion to initiate debate on the $1.2 trillion package was rejected ostensibly because legislative text had yet to be introduced, as leading Democrat and Republican Senators struggle to thrash out the details of their agreement. A second vote is now expected later this month. A high-level summary of the bipartisan framework, first outlined last month, indicates $55 billion in new federal funding for water and wastewater over eight years, plus an additional $5 billion for water storage projects in the Western US.