Water Infrastructure

Our recent water infrastructure accomplishments have included:

• $800,000 for a comprehensive regional water storage and quality project managed by the Southwest Florida Water Management District;
• $500,000 to the City of San Clemente, California for the expansion of the City’s reclaimed water plant;
• $20,000,000 authorized for water supply interconnectivity infrastructure in Lee County, Florida;
• $1,100,000 authorized for storm sewer improvements in Middletown Township, New Jersey;
• $11,000,000 authorized for environmental infrastructure, including stormwater system improvements and ocean outfalls in Surfside, South Carolina;
• $18,000,000 authorized for environmental infrastructure, including ocean outfallsin Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and
• $11,000,000 authorized for environmental infrastructure, including ocean outfalls in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

In terms of other waterway infrastructure projects, we successfully secured recent funding for the following projects:

• $280,000 to begin a new start Corps of Engineers study of the fragile levee system protecting the City of Santa Maria, California;
• $3,373,000 to improve the jetties at the St. Lucie Inlet in Martin County, Florida;
• $28,025,000 during two fiscal years to make Operations and Maintenance repairs to the Sabine-Neches Waterway, a major Texas ship channel connecting multiple ports and other facilities to the Gulf of Mexico;
• $1,557,000 during two fiscal years to continue a Corps of Engineers feasibilitystudy to widen and deepen the Sabine-Neches Waterway to 48-feet;
• $5,583,000 in Operations and Maintenance funding for the North Carolina section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway; and
• $3,920,000 in Operation & Maintenance funding to dredge Bogue Inlet, Carolina Beach Inlet, New River Inlet, New Topsail Inlet and Lockwoods Folly Inlet for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.