A coalition of state agencies and water trade groups are rallying to “save” funding for water infrastructure that is increasingly being spent on lawmakers’ pet projects.
The Clean Water and Drinking Water state revolving funds provide grants and low-cost financing for states to improve public sewer systems, reduce pollution from stormwater and make drinking water safer.
In recent years, however, members of Congress have used some money from the two respective funds to pay for earmarked projects that they’ve personally selected in their districts.
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Lawmakers have defended the practice and note the revolving funds got a major funding boost through the bipartisan infrastructure law in 2021.
