releases: https://www.bennet.senate.gov/2024/12/05/bennet-hickenlooper-celebrate-61-million-for-aging-water-infrastructure-increase-drought-resilience-in-colorado/
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| https://www.bennet.senate.gov/2024/12/05/bennet-hickenlooper-celebrate-61-million-for-aging-water-infrastructure-increase-drought-resilience-in-colorado/ | Bennet, Hickenlooper Celebrate $61 Million for Aging Water Infrastructure, Increase Drought Resilience in Colorado | 2024-12-05 | 2024 | 2024-12 | Democrat | Senate | CO | Michael F. Bennet | B001267 | www.bennet.senate.gov | bennet | https://www.bennet.senate.gov/news/page/ | scraper | Washington, D.C. — Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper celebrated the U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) announcement of over $61 million for six Colorado projects to update aging water infrastructure, increase drought resilience, and improve hydropower generation. This investment is provided through the DOI’s Aging Infrastructure Account, which received over $3 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “As Colorado and the West face historic drought, we must safeguard clean water for future generations,” said Bennet. “These Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments will revitalize aging water delivery systems across the West and help ensure Colorado’s families, farmers, and Tribes have access to a safe, reliable water supply.” “Our water is too precious to waste even a drop on outdated infrastructure meant to deliver and conserve our water supplies,” said Hickenlooper. “Our BIL is fixing that. These updates will help save water and make us more resilient to drought.” Bennet and Hickenlooper fought to include $8 billion for western water infrastructure, $10 billion for forests, $19 billion for agricultural conservation, and $4 billion for drought in the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. A full list of projects in Colorado is below. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T19:07:19Z |