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Water utilities, engineers urge state funding and governance changes to plug an estimated $37B infrastructure gap
Summary
A coalition of water and wastewater professionals pressed the committee to support House 1022 / Senate 563, arguing for recurring revenue, targeted grants and policy changes to help communities address aging mains, PFAS compliance and biosolids costs.
Industry groups, municipal leaders and water professionals urged the Joint Committee to back a comprehensive water-infrastructure financing and policy package that would expand recurring state funding, incentivize regional solutions and support municipal borrowers facing PFAS compliance and aging systems.
Representatives from the Massachusetts Water Works Association, the Massachusetts Water Environment Association, and other professional groups framed House Bill 1022 and Senate Bill 563 as an update to the state’s 2014 water infrastructure law, focused on sustained revenue, not simply episodic bonding.…
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