Healthy H2O Act

• Families and households: Homeowners, renters, small multiunit buildings (25 units or fewer), and licensed child-care facilities in rural areas could get grants for qualified water tests, approved products, and installations. Grants require evidence of a health contaminant and are limited to households with income at or below 150% of the state nonmetro median.
• Nonprofit organizations: Eligible nonprofits could receive funds to run testing programs, analyze results, help residents choose appropriate responses, and coordinate approved installations.
• Private well and rural priority: The program prioritizes private wells and aims to expand local and regional capacity to respond to contamination while longer-term infrastructure projects proceed.
• Products, installers, and testing standards: Covered products must meet third-party certification such as NSF/ANSI standards and installations must be done by qualified installers; tests must come from EPA-recognized labs.
• Administration and transparency: The Secretary of Agriculture would implement the program, set rules within 120 days of enactment, and require at least annual reporting to Congress on contaminants, technologies purchased, testing activity, affordability, and barriers to safe drinking water.

*This bill would authorize $10 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, increasing federal spending by that amount.*