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USDA and EPA Announced Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Communities

Last updated:

August 2, 2022

Statute

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Agencies

EPA, USDA

Actions

Interagency Action

USDA announced a partnership with the EPA on the Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative. The initiative, with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will work to provide technical and financial support to improve wastewater infrastructure for “some of America’s most underserved communities.”