House authorizes $14 billion for sewage treatment plant construction, Bush expected to veto
The U.S. House has approved a bill authorizing $14 billion over four years for sewage treatment plant construction around the country, according to ENR. This marks the first reauthorization of the Clean Water Act revolving fund program to clear the House since 1995. Although the measure was scaled back from a $20-billion, five-year
version approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in February, the White House said that
President Bush’s senior advisors would recommend he veto the bill, calling the funding levels “excessive” and “unrealistic in the current fiscal environment.”
