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 recipients, to consider:
Requires the Secretary to evaluate, annually, each project for which a grant is provided and make best practices identified available to the public.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2225 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2225
To provide for a smart water resource management pilot program.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 9, 2014
Mr. Udall of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. Chambliss) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works
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A BILL
To provide for a smart water resource management pilot program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Smart Water Resource Management
Conservation and Efficiency Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. SMART WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
(A) a utility;
(B) a municipality;
(C) a water district; and
(D) any other authority that provides water,
wastewater, or water reuse services.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
(3) Smart water resource management pilot program.--The
term ``smart water resource management pilot program'' or
``pilot program'' means the pilot program established under
subsection (b).
(b) Smart Water Resource Management Pilot Program.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and carry
out a smart water resource management pilot program in
accordance with this section.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the smart water resource
management pilot program is to award grants to eligible
entities to demonstrate novel and innovative technology-based
solutions that will--
(A) increase the energy and water efficiency of
water, wastewater, and water reuse systems;
(B) improve water, wastewater, and water reuse
systems to help communities across the United States
make significant progress in conserving water, saving
energy, and reducing costs; and
(C) support the implementation of innovative
processes and the installation of advanced automated
systems that provide real-time data on energy and
water.
(3) Project selection.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make
competitive, merit-reviewed grants under the pilot
program to not less than 3, but not more than 5,
eligible entities.
(B) Selection criteria.--In selecting an eligible
entity to receive a grant under the pilot program, the
Secretary shall consider--
(i) energy and cost savings;
(ii) the novelty of the technology to be
used;
(iii) the degree to which the project
integrates next-generation sensors, software,
analytics, and management tools;
(iv) the anticipated cost-effectiveness of
the pilot project in terms of energy efficiency
savings, water savings or reuse, and
infrastructure costs averted;
(v) 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
(vi) whether the project will be completed
in 5 years or less.
(C) Applications.--
(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), an
eligible entity seeking a grant under the pilot
program shall submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary
determines to be necessary.
(ii) Contents.--An application under clause
(i) shall, at a minimum, include--
(I) a description of the project;
(II) a description of the
technology to be used in the project;
(III) the anticipated results,
including energy and water savings, of
the project;
(IV) a comprehensive budget for the
project;
(V) the names of the project lead
organization and any partners;
(VI) the number of users to be
served by the project; and
(VII) any other information that
the Secretary determines to be
necessary to complete the review and
selection of a grant recipient.
(4) Administration.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 300 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
select grant recipients under this section.
(B) Evaluations.--The Secretary shall annually
carry out an evaluation of each project for which a
grant is provided under this section that--
(i) evaluates the progress and impact of
the project; and
(ii) assesses the degree to which the
project is meeting the goals of the pilot
program.
(C) Technical and policy assistance.--On the
request of a grant recipient, the Secretary shall
provide technical and policy assistance.
(D) Best practices.--The Secretary shall make
available to the public--
(i) a copy of each evaluation carried out
under subparagraph (B); and
(ii) a description of any best practices
identified by the Secretary as a result of
those evaluations.
(E) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall submit
to Congress a report containing the results of each
evaluation carried out under subparagraph (B).
(c) Funding.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use not less than
$7,500,000 of amounts made available to the Secretary to carry
out this section.
(2) Prioritization.--In funding activities under this
section, the Secretary shall prioritize funding in the
following manner:
(A) Any unobligated amounts made available to the
Secretary to carry out the activities of the Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office.
(B) Any unobligated amounts (other than those
described in subparagraph (A)) made available to the
Secretary.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-772.
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