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
Take Action:
Click here for the WQA Health H2O Toolkit.
WQA Advocacy & Support:
WQA continues to advocate for the bill’s passage. The Healthy H2O Act was inspired by WQA’s Clean Water for All Task Force.
WQA Past President Toby Thomas explained the Clean Water for All initiative in a video conversation: Watch the Video.
More than 30 organizations have joined WQA in publicly supporting the bill, including the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, National Ground Water Association, The Water Council, NFS International, IAPMO, the American Supply Association, the Water Systems Council, the Water Well Trust, and the Groundwater Foundation.