The Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act (Healthy H2O Act) is a bipartisan federal bill designed to help rural and underserved communities improve their drinking water quality. The bill would establish a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant program to fund water testing and certified treatment technologies.
Purpose – The Healthy H2O Act aims to:
- Provide federal grants for water quality testing
- Support the purchase, installation, and maintenance of certified point-of-use (POU) and point-of-entry (POE) water treatment
- Assist rural households, licensed child-care facilities, and nonprofits in addressing health-based contaminants in drinking water
How It Works- If enacted, the Healthy H2O Act would:
- Authorize the USDA to administer grants directly to eligible individuals and organizations
- Cover costs for water testing, certified POU/POE treatment systems, installation and maintenance