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Senate panel reviews governor's clean-water capital proposal and program delivery
Summary
Agency of Natural Resources officials briefed the Senate Institutions Committee on the Clean Water Fund, program priorities in the governor's capital recommendation and how capital dollars fit with the state's 20-year clean water plan.
The Senate Institutions Committee received an overview of section 10 of the governor's capital bill recommendation and how capital-appropriated dollars fit into Vermont's broader clean water investment strategy from Julie Warren, Secretary of Natural Resources, and Emily Bird, who manages the Clean Water Initiative and will become Water Investment Division director.
Warren told the committee that Vermont's clean water work is guided by state statutes and multi-agency plans, including the Vermont Clean Water Act (Act 64 of 2015) and the Clean Water Service Delivery Act (2019). She described Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) as the EPA-recognized "pollution budgets" used to estimate acceptable pollutant loads and explained that phosphorus is often the primary focus because it can drive harmful algal blooms and beach closures.
The proposed FY26 capital-side clean water package discussed during the hearing includes an expected $10 million in…
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