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Water Groups Urge House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies to Reject the Proposed Reductions to the CWSRF and DWSRF in the President’s FY14 Budget Request

Washington, D.C.— The American Public Works Association, American Water Works Association, Association of Clean Water Administrators, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, Council on Infrastructure Financing Authorities, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, and Water Environment Federation submitted joint testimony on Thursday to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies requesting funding for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs be maintained at the Fiscal Year 2012 levels of $1.466 billion and $918 million respectively. The coalition also requests funding for the Clean Water Act §106 Operating Grant program be funded at $330 million, and the Public Water Work System Supervision Program be funded at $130 million.

The full statement can be found here.

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