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Trust Fund, similar to those that successfully finance highways and airports;
• address the U.S. EPA’s estimated clean water funding gap of $300-500 billion; and
• guarantee that over 30 years of water quality progress under the Clean Water Act is continued.
As Chairman Duncan stated in his press release, “There is nothing as important and yet nothing as taken for granted as a safe, clean supply of water. We have to do more to protect and enhance our clean water and wastewater systems for the future.”
NACWA’s Executive Director, Ken Kirk, stated “Chairman Duncan deserves tremendous credit for his commitment to an innovative and real-world approach to an issue that threatens the Nation’s economy, public health and environment. The Clean Water Trust Act will help control sewer overflows enhance fisheries and wetlands, encourage research, spur new technologies, enhance investment in small and rural utilities and protect critical regional waters such as the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay and Gulf of Mexico.”
Supporters of the legislation include. The Associated General Contractors of America, National Association of Towns and Townships, Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Ducks Unlimited,
See CLEAN WATER, Page A5
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