US Congress Senate Bill 2225 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 9 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-07-16 - Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Smart Water Resource Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a smart water resource management pilot program to award grants to three to five eligible entities (authorities that provide water, wastewater, or water reuse services) to demonstrate novel and innovative technology-based solutions that will: (1) increase the energy and water efficiency of water, wastewater, and water reuse systems; (2) improve such systems to help communities make significant progress in conserving water, saving energy, and reducing costs; and (3) support the implementation of innovative processes and the installation of advanced automated systems that provide real-time data on energy and water. Directs the Secretary, in selecting grant recipient, to consider: energy and cost savings; the novelty of the technology to be used; the degree to which the project integrates next-generation sensors, software, analytics, and management tools; the anticipated cost-effectiveness of the pilot project in terms of energy efficiency savings, water savings or reuse, and infrastructure costs averted; whether the technology can be deployed in a variety of geographic regions and the degree to which the technology can be implemented on a smaller or larger scale; and whether the project will be completed in five years or less. Requires the Secretary to evaluate, annually, each project for which a grant is provided and make best practices identified available to the public.

Smart Water Resource Management Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014

Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]

Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-16	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held.
2014-04-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB5149 (Related) 2014-09-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2225/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2225/BILLS-113s2225is.pdf