text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Water System Adaptation Partnerships 
  Act of 2009''.
  
  SEC. 2. WATER SYSTEM ADAPTATION PARTNERSHIPS.
  
      (a) Grants.--Beginning in fiscal year 2010, the Administrator of 
  the Environmental Protection Agency shall make grants to water systems 
  to assist in planning, designing, constructing, implementing, or 
  maintaining any program, strategy, or infrastructure improvement--
              (1) to conserve water or increase water use efficiency;
              (2) to carry out water metering to measure water efficiency 
          effectiveness of a water efficiency program;
              (3) to preserve or improve water quality;
              (4) to enhance water management by increasing source water 
          preservation and protection, or natural or engineered green 
          infrastructure in the management, conveyance, or treatment of 
          water, wastewater, or stormwater;
              (5) to increase energy efficiency or the use and generation 
          of renewable energy in the management, conveyance, or treatment 
          of water, wastewater, or stormwater;
              (6) to support the adoption and use of advanced water 
          treatment, water supply management, or water demand management 
          technologies or processes (such as those used in water reuse 
          and recycling or adaptive conservation pricing) that maintain 
          or increase water supply or improve water quality;
              (7) to complete studies or assessments to project how 
          climate change may impact the future operations and 
          sustainability of the water system; or
              (8) to carry out any other activity or project to address 
          any ongoing or forecasted, based on the best available research 
          and data, climate-related impact on the water quality or 
          quantity of a region of the United States that increases the 
          resiliency of a water system to the impacts of climate change.
      (b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant from the 
  Administrator under subsection (a), the owner or operator of a water 
  system shall--
              (1) submit to the Administrator an application that 
          includes a proposal of the program, strategy, or infrastructure 
          improvement to be planned, designed, constructed, implemented, 
          or maintained by the water system;
              (2) cite the best available research or data that 
          describes--
                      (A) the risk to the system's water resources or 
                  infrastructure as a result of ongoing or forecasted 
                  changes to the hydrological system brought about by 
                  factors arising from global climate change; and
                      (B) how the proposed program, strategy, or 
                  infrastructure improvement would perform under the 
                  anticipated climate conditions;
              (3) explain how the proposed program, strategy, or 
          infrastructure improvement is expected to increase the water 
          system's resiliency to these risks or reduce the water system's 
          direct or indirect greenhouse gas emissions; and
              (4) demonstrate the consistency of the program, strategy, 
          or infrastructure improvement with an applicable climate 
          adaptation plan completed and adopted by a State.
      (c) Competitive Process.--Each calendar year, the Administrator 
  shall conduct a competitive process to select and fund applications 
  under this section. In carrying out the process, the Administrator 
  shall--
              (1) give priority to applications that--
                      (A) are submitted by water systems that are, based 
                  on the best available research and data, at the 
                  greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant 
                  climate-related negative impacts on water quality or 
                  quantity;
                      (B) will impact the largest numbers of water users; 
                  and
                      (C) will provide the greatest benefit per dollar 
                  expended;
              (2) solicit applications from water systems that are--
                      (A) located in all regions of the United States; 
                  and
                      (B) facing varying risks as a result of climate 
                  change; and
              (3) provide for solicitation and consideration of public 
          input in the development of criteria used in evaluating 
          applications.
      (d) Cost Sharing.--
              (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of any 
          program, strategy, or infrastructure improvement that is the 
          subject of a grant awarded by the Administrator to a water 
          system under subsection (a) shall not exceed, in a single 
          calendar year, 50 percent of the cost of the program, strategy, 
          or infrastructure improvement.
              (2) Calculation of non-federal share.--In calculating the 
          non-Federal share of the cost of a program, strategy, or 
          infrastructure improvement proposed by a water system through 
          an application submitted by the water system under subsection 
          (b), the Administrator shall--
                      (A) include the value of any in-kind services that 
                  substantially contributes toward the completion of the 
                  program, strategy, or infrastructure improvement, as 
                  determined by the Administrator; and
                      (B) not include any other amount that the water 
                  system receives from a Federal agency.
      (e) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
  Protection Agency shall promulgate final regulations to carry out this 
  section.
      (f) Report to Congress.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
  the enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the 
  Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to 
  the Congress a report on progress in implementing this section, 
  including information on project applications received and funded 
  annually.
      (g) Definitions.--In this section:
              (1) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
          the Environmental Protection Agency.
              (2) The term ``water system'' means a community water 
          system as defined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water 
          Act (42 U.S.C. 300f), a treatment works as defined in section 
          212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
          1292), a municipal separate storm sewer system (as defined by 
          the Administrator), or a combined sewer system as defined in 
          402(q) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
          1342(q)).
      (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
  there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary.
target: Water System Adaptation Partnerships Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to water systems to assist in planning, designing, constructing, implementing, or maintaining any program, strategy, or infrastructure improvement to: (1) conserve water or increase water use efficiency; (2) carry out water metering to measure water efficiency effectiveness of a water efficiency program; (3) preserve or improve water quality; (4) enhance water management by increasing source water preservation and protection, or natural or engineered green infrastructure, in the management, conveyance, or treatment of water, wastewater, or stormwater; (5) increase energy efficiency or the use and generation of renewable energy in the management, conveyance, or treatment of water, wastewater, or stormwater; (6) support the adoption and use of advanced water treatment, water supply management, or water demand management technologies or processes that maintain or increase water supply or improve water quality; (7) complete studies or assessments to project how climate change may impact the future operations and sustainability of the water system; or (8) carry out any other activity or project to address any ongoing or forecasted climate-related impact on the water quality or quantity of a region of the United States that increases the resiliency of a water system to the impacts of climate change.
  
  Sets forth grant application requirements. Requires the Administrator to conduct a competitive process to select and fund applications, giving priority to applications that: (1) are submitted by water systems that are at the greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant climate-related negative impacts; (2) will impact the largest numbers of water users; and (3) will provide the greatest benefit per dollar expended. Limits the federal share to 50% of the cost.
feat_title: To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish water system adaptation partnerships.