Examples of WIIN Act in a sentence
This funding was provided from a pool of funds appropriated for FY2017 that was designated for water storage projects authorized under Section 4007 of the WIIN Act.
This provision of the WIIN Act generally lessened existing restrictions on the amount of water that could be exported for water transfers.
For more information on these provisions, see CRS Report R44986, Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act: Bureau of Reclamation and California Water Provisions, by Charles V.
In 2016, Congress enacted provisions aiming to benefit the CVP and the SWP, including major operational changes in the WIIN Act and additional appropriations for western drought response and new water storage that have benefited (or are expected to benefit) the CVP.
The projects were allocated $33.3 million in FY2017 funding that was previously appropriated for WIIN Act Section 4007 projects.
The WIIN Act of 2016, §2103, provided “states with two additional options to calculate the maximum allowable Administration and Technical Assistance set-aside that can be taken for capitalization grants awarded after 12/16/2016.
CALFED Surface Water Storage Studies Source: California Department of Water Resources, A Resource Management Strategy of the California Water Plan, July 29, 2016.In 2018 reporting to Congress, Reclamation recommended an initial list of seven projects that it concluded met the WIIN Act criteria.
Overall, from FY2017 to FY2019 Congress provided Reclamation with $335 million for new water storage projects authorized under Section 4007 of the WIIN Act.
The WIIN Act (P.L. 114-322) expanded WIFIA eligibility to include projects involving aquifer recharge; development of alternative water supplies to reduce aquifer depletion; and prevention, reduction, or mitigation of the effects of drought.
Many of the WIIN Act changes have the potential to make their greatest impact during drought years.