Community Water Project Acceleration Act speeds up funds for smaller water projects

The Community Water Project Acceleration Act would speed up the time it takes cities and towns to receive federal funding for smaller water projects. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works projects with limited federal funding would be allowed a categorical exclusion to bypass the environmental assessment, which can face years long delays, in order to receive money more quickly. 

KTAR News covers the state’s water usage, effects of an ongoing drought and what can be done to ensure water is available for people in the state of Arizona in the future.