§4731 Border Water Infrastructure Improvement Authority

Summary

The EPA Administrator must work with eligible public entities to plan, design, build, run, and maintain high‑priority treatment works in the covered area. These projects must treat wastewater (including stormwater), pollution from nonpoint sources, and problems caused by cross‑border water flows that start in Mexico. The Administrator must send a report to Congress no later than 1 year after January 29, 2020, and every year after about the activities done. Covered area — the part of the Tijuana River watershed inside the United States. Eligible public entities — includes the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, the Corps of Engineers, the North American Development Bank, the Department of State, other federal agencies, the State of California, and any local government, Indian Tribe, regional water board, or public wastewater utility with jurisdiction there. Treatment works — wastewater treatment facilities (see 33 U.S.C. 1292).