In April 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration launched the Drought Resilience Interagency Working Group (IWG) to address worsening drought conditions in the United States and to support farmers, ranchers, Tribes, and communities impacted by ongoing water shortages. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provides historic investments of over $13 billion to help communities meet water supply demands through a wide variety of infrastructure improvements; this funding follows-through on the President’s promise to build climate resilience, and focus on water efficiency, storage, conveyance, recycling, and watershed protection. In particular, the Drought Resilience IWG members are working to effectively deploy the $8.3 billion in BIL funds for the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation’s to increase water resilience and the $918 million BIL investment in USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service for watershed infrastructure projects

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Publisher: The White House

Date: June 1, 2022

Type: Report

Tags: Drought, IIJA

Jurisdiction: National