Well-maintained water infrastructure also contributes substantially to every citizen's welfare and to national prosperity. However, funding and investment are required to properly maintain these assets. Coupled with the need for water infrastructure investment is the fact that the United States is in a...
- Bay Area elected officials gathered Saturday in Santa Rosa with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, firefighters and community members to announce billions of dollars of funding for wildfire prevention in the recently passed $1 trillion federal infrastructure funding package. The Infrastructure Investment and ...
Broader Impact on Regional Water Infrastructure This funding will not only address lead contamination but also support broader infrastructure improvements throughout the Hudson Valley. The investments are part of New York State’s broader commitment to enhancing water quality, with $2.2 billion in f...
Federal infrastructure funds from pandemic-related recovery bills and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will greatly impact state governments.
Oversight Committee staff learned in a briefing with Jackson officials that the state attempted to limit funding to Jackson for its water system. The state allegedly planned to "bar communities of more than 4,000 people from competing for additional funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law...
"There's a lot of other things that's going on at the same time," Waites said. "You want infrastructure, but you want to be safe... so 50% of my budget is public safety and everything else goes toward infrastructure." Much of that funding comes from state and federal funding, Wai...
First, theInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), passed in November 2021, increases infrastructure spending by about $550 billion over the next decade. IIJA targets roads, ports, internet, public transit, passenger rail, electric vehicles, power infrastructure, resilient infrastructure, and ...
When Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana, Mississippi, and other parts of the Gulf Coast in 2005, FEMA was sharply criticized for its response: it took days for the agency to get water and medical supplies to survivors housed in the New Orleans Superdome. Millions of pounds of ice were ...
“Although climate change repercussions may be inevitable, we still hold the power to lessen the severity of the outcomes by changing both our collective behavior and infrastructure,” read a statement from LBCC superintendent-president Mike Muñoz. “Our students will be at the forefront of...
execution of an R&D program. This may include land, major fixed equipment, and supporting infrastructure such as a sewer line or housing at a remote location. National Science Board/National Science Foundation. The National Science Board/National Science ...