Also in this week's sewer and water news, the White House recently released its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Rural Playbook to help governments in rural areas unlock the benefits from recent federal infrastructure investments
The funds aim to help improve water supply reliability
A $1.66 billion investment is provided to Reclamation annually for next five years.
Also in this week's sewer and water news, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has initiated the first application period for Extraordinary Maintenance projects addressing water infrastructure in the West
The total prize purse for this competition is $500,000
Also in this week's sewer and water news, a new NOAA report makes the case for funding longer-range weather forecasting