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House updates water project grant program to speed funding and broaden eligible projects

3026110 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 33 64 reforms the Water Supply Development Account and related grant programs to broaden eligible projects (including water reuse and aquifer recharge), allow more frequent access to funds, reduce local match requirements, and add long-term outcome monitoring.

Representatives Helm and Owens presented House Bill 33 64, which updates Oregon's Water Supply Development Account and the related grant program (renamed the Water Project Feasibility Investment Fund on the floor) to speed funding and broaden eligible projects.

Helm and Owens told the House the account was created after 2013 legislation and that reforms were needed to move funding faster to…

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