Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Community Water Enhancement Act of 2014”.
Community Water Enhancement Act of 2014
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consider projects involving rural communities in the selection of alternative water source projects, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Alternative water source projects
Section 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1300) is amended—
in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
“(4) Participation of rural communities—In making grants under this section, the Administrator shall consider whether the project—
“(A) is located in an unincorporated rural community;
“(B) is located in an area that—
“(i) is served by a public water system with fewer than 3,000 connections; or
“(ii) does not have a public water system;
“(C) is located in an agricultural area with rural residences served by a public water system or by private wells; or
“(D) is not only a benefit to the rural community served by the project, but also a benefit to additional regional partners.”
in subsection (i)(1)—
in the first sentence—
by striking “wastewater or” and inserting “wastewater,”; and
by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, or through conjunctively managing groundwater supplies by delivering surface water instead of groundwater”; and
in the second sentence by inserting “unless the project requires those facilities to deliver the alternative water supply” before the period; and
in subsection (j), in the first sentence, by striking “2004” and inserting “2018”.