FLOWS Act of 2026

This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency to create a grant program for rural public water and wastewater systems to adopt digital technology, such as remote monitoring, control systems, artificial intelligence, and design software. Grants could pay for designing, building, operating, and maintaining this technology, for worker training, and for cybersecurity training and assistance. Grant funds could also cover buying and maintaining software. Priority would go to systems serving fewer than 3,300 people and to community-owned systems. The bill authorizes $50 million per year from 2027 through 2031 and requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the program.

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Sponsors

• John Boozman Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors