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This bill makes EPA guidance more practical by focusing on technologies sold in the U.S., improving usability for implementers, but at the cost of limiting information about novel, experimental, or foreign solutions that could benefit smaller and rural systems and speed innovation adoption.
State and local governments, and utilities/energy companies will receive EPA guidance focused on technologies actually sold in the U.S., making published information more directly usable and reducing confusion about which technologies are obtainable domestically.
Smaller and rural water systems and the local governments that serve them will have reduced access to information about experimental or foreign treatment solutions, which may widen equity gaps and limit cost‑effective options for improving water services.
Nonprofits, state and local implementers will have less EPA guidance on emerging or foreign technologies that might improve water quality, reducing awareness of potentially superior solutions not yet sold in the U.S.
Utilities and local governments may experience slower adoption of innovative treatment approaches because guidance omits promising non‑commercial or foreign technologies, potentially delaying performance improvements or cost savings.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Limits the technologies referenced in the specified Clean Water Act provision to those commercially available in the United States when developing and publishing related information.
Amends a Clean Water Act provision to limit the technologies referenced for development and publication of water-quality information to technologies that are commercially available in the United States. The change narrows the pool of technologies considered, excluding non-commercial or foreign technologies from that specific statutory reference.
Introduced June 11, 2025 by Mike Collins · Last progress June 11, 2025