New bill increases water infrastructure spending in the U.S.

U.S. congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon), Mike Simpson (R-Indiana), Norm Dicks (D-Washington), and Steve Latourette (R-Ohio) introduced legislation on July 15, 2009 to establish a Water Trust Fund for investing in America’s broken drinking water and sewage treatment systems. The “Water Protection...

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