(AGENPARL) – mer 20 settembre 2023 Issued: Sep 20, 2023 (2:29pm EDT)
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Commitment to Advancing Water Equity and
Access for All
WASHINGTON (September 20, 2023) – At the Clinton Global Initiative 2023
Meeting in New York, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant
Administrator for Water Radhika Fox announced that EPA is committing to
address pressing water challenges in 1,500 disadvantaged communities across
the country. EPA’s Advancing Water Equity and Access for All Commitment will
invest $500 million, including funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,
for technical assistance to help communities invest in water infrastructure to
close America’s water equity gap.
“Too many people in the United States lack access to clean and safe water.
As result, these communities face significant health issues and barriers to
economic opportunity,” said EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika
Fox. “President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law presents a historic
opportunity to change the odds for people living in these areas. With this
commitment to 1,500 communities, EPA is delivering on the Biden-Harris
Administration’s promise to invest in America and leave no family behind.”
All communities deserve access to safe, clean, and reliable water. Yet too
many communities across America—rural, urban, and suburban, small and
large—face challenges in providing safe drinking water, wastewater, and
stormwater services to their residents. An estimated 2.2 million people in the
U.S. lack basic drinking water and indoor plumbing in their homes. Many more
live in fear of infrastructure failure from severe climate events, or lack of
water due to drought. These concerns will only grow due to more frequent
floods, droughts, and higher average temperatures from climate change.
Underserved and disadvantaged communities are often most at risk. Today’s
commitment aligns with the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 Initiative,
which directs 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments to
disadvantaged communities, including those that are marginalized, underserved,
and overburdened by pollution.
EPA’s Advancing Water Equity and Access for All Commitment will be
implemented in collaboration with the Clinton Global Initiative and academic,
non-profit, philanthropic and private sector partners to ensure more
communities than ever have access to essential drinking water, wastewater, and
stormwater services. Entities supporting EPA’s commitment include Columbia
World Projects, Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, Delta Institute,
Environmental Policy Innovation Center, Great Lakes Community Action
Partnership, Hawaii Community Foundation, Laural Foundation, Moonshot
Missions, National Rural Water Association, Rural Community Assistance
Corporation, Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Syracuse University
Environmental Finance Center and Center for Sustainable Community Solutions,
University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center, University of New Mexico
Environmental Finance Center, US Water Alliance, Water Foundation, Wichita
State University Environmental Center. 
This commitment builds on EPA’s ongoing efforts to strengthen community
water infrastructure. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law presented an
unprecedented opportunity to address water infrastructure needs with $50
billion in new funding – the largest ever federal investment in water. The
announcement leverages EPA’s new water technical assistance (WaterTA) pilot
programs and over $150 million in awards through its Environmental Finance
Centers program to scale technical assistance and reach hundreds of
communities. Participating communities have already begun to apply for and
receive federal funding for their water infrastructure needs.
Learn more about EPA’s WaterTA services and the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law’s historic $50 billion investment in America. 
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