{"id":1051,"date":"2023-04-06T14:23:48","modified":"2024-08-30T02:30:19","slug":"casey-fetterman-announces-266-million-to-make-pa-drinking-water-safer-improve-water-infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/www.fetterman.senate.gov\/casey-fetterman-announces-266-million-to-make-pa-drinking-water-safer-improve-water-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Casey, Fetterman Announces $266 Million to Make PA Drinking Water Safer, Improve Water Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) announced $265,913,000 in federal funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make Pennsylvania\u2019s drinking water safer and cleaner. The funding, bolstered by the <em>Infrastructure Investment &amp; Jobs Act<\/em>, will remove contaminants\u2014like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)\u2014from the water supply and improve water infrastructure by replacing lead pipes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the infrastructure law, Pennsylvania will receive more than $265 million\u00a0to make our drinking water safer and cleaner, including significant boosts in funding to eradicate \u2018forever chemicals\u2019 like PFAS and replace lead pipes,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA).<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cEvery Pennsylvanian has the right to safe, pure water and I will keep working with the Biden Administration until that promise is a reality in our urban, suburban, and rural communities alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just plain commonsense that we need to provide clean drinking water to all communities in Pennsylvania and across the country,\u201d <strong>said U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA). <\/strong>\u201cThe Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2019s robust investment in water infrastructure will help ensure that access to clean drinking water is a right, even in communities that have long been marginalized and forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EPA is distributing this appropriation to Pennsylvania from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). Thanks to the infrastructure law, EPA increased the Commonwealth\u2019s DWSRF allotment from the Fiscal Year 2022 amount. Most notably, Pennsylvania\u2019s funding to replace lead pipes increased by 64% this fiscal year. The infrastructure law is investing over $50 billion in water and wastewater infrastructure improvements across the country between FY 2022 and FY 2026\u2014the single largest investment in water the federal government has ever made.<\/p>\n","protected":false}}