{"id":248521,"date":"2024-04-09T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/epa-advisory-board-to-weigh-in-on-water-affordability\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T13:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:38:50","slug":"epa-advisory-board-to-weigh-in-on-water-affordability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/epa-advisory-board-to-weigh-in-on-water-affordability\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Advisory Board to Weigh in on Water Affordability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-wysiwyg=\"\">\n<p>Water affordability is top-of-mind these days for many water wonks in DC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January, the U.S. Department of Health &amp; Human Services (HHS), released a report on the temporary Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), finding that by June 2023 it had restored water service or prevented disconnections over 650,000 times for low-income households. 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But Congress has not yet heeded the call to renew funding for the program.)<\/p>\n<p>In February, the first-ever Senate bill to create a <em>permanent<\/em> low-income water assistance program was introduced, by Senator Padilla.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In March, HHS released \u201can analysis of the largest survey documenting [water and sewer] rates, arrears, disconnections and fees in one dataset in the country.&#8221; Among nearly 1,900 water and sewer systems that responded, the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/bio\/larry-levine\/epa-advisory-board-weigh-water-affordability\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on www.nrdc.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water affordability is top-of-mind these days for many water wonks in DC.\u00a0 In January, the U.S. Department of Health &amp; Human Services (HHS), released a report on the temporary Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), finding that by June 2023 it had restored water service or prevented disconnections over 650,000 times for low-income households. 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