Modernizing America's Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure
Headline: Establishes Water Subcabinet to Modernize National Water Infrastructure
What it does: Agencies must coordinate through a new Water Subcabinet to identify and consolidate water working groups and recommend actions to modernize water management and infrastructure.
- May consolidate hundreds of federal water task forces and working groups.
- Requires agency reports with recommended actions and milestones through 2025.
- Directs coordination to improve drinking water, wastewater, flood control, and forecasting.
Summary
This order creates an interagency Water Subcabinet to improve how the federal government manages water and modernizes water infrastructure. It directs agencies to coordinate on water supply, water quality, restoration, flood control, and river transportation.
The order affects federal departments that work on water, and encourages coordination with State, local, tribal, and territorial partners, rural communities, and water-sector workers. It requires the Subcabinet to identify and consolidate water-related working groups, deliver reports with recommended actions and agency milestones, and provide annual updates within set timeframes.
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