Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Rep. Katie Porter and other leaders gathered Thursday in Irvine to announce $310 million in federal funds for water projects in the West.
Nearly $310 million in federal funds from the infrastructure bill approved last November will help pay for projects that promise to capture, store and recycle more water in the drought-ridden West, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Thursday at a press conference in Irvine.
Irvine Ranch Water District equipment sits below Rattlesnake Reservoir in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, August 18, 2022. New pumping equipment will be installed at the site as part of the Syphon Reservoir Improvement Project which is getting funding as part of $309.8 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Irvine Ranch Water District equipment sits below Rattlesnake Reservoir in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, August 18, 2022. New pumping equipment will be installed at the site as part of the Syphon Reservoir Improvement Project which is getting funding as part of $309.8 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Congresswoman Katie Porter , left, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland chat during a tour of the Syphon Reservoir Improvement Project before a press conference announcing the allocation of $309.8 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and $1 million in appropriated funding for the planning, design and construction of water reuse projects across the country in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, August 18, 2022.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, center, addresses the media as she stands with Congresswoman Katie Porter , left, and Camille Calimlim Touton, commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, during a press conference announcing the allocation of $309.
Camille Calimlim Touton, commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, during a press conference announcing the allocation of $309.8 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and $1 million in appropriated funding for the planning, design and construction of water reuse projects across the country in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, August 18, 2022.
“The longer we wait to take action, the harder and more expensive it will become to solve both the water crisis and climate change,” Porter said.
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