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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Committee Approved)

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Feasibility and Cost Analysis of SWIFT Model Expansion

Item 363 #4s

Item 363 #4s

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Natural and Historic Resources
Department of Environmental Quality FY2025 $400,000 FY2026 $0 GF

Language
Page 420, line 19, strike "$60,852,618" and insert "$61,252,618".

Page 421, after line 54, insert:

"L. Out of the amounts appropriated for this Item, $400,000 the first year from the general fund is provided for the department to conduct a feasibility and cost analysis of implementing water treatment upgrades modeled on the Hampton Roads Sanitation District SWIFT project for  Virginia municipal water systems serving areas in the Potomac Aquifer. The analysis shall be provided to the Chairs of the State Water Commission, House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources, and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources by October 1, 2025"



Explanation

(This amendment provides $400,000 the first year from the general fund to the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a feasibility and cost analysis of implementing water treatment upgrades modeled on the Hampton Roads Sanitation District SWIFT project for all municipal water systems in the Potomac Aquifer. The SWIFT project takes treated water through further purification to meet drinking water standards and pumps it into the aquifer to help address Chesapeake Bay restoration, sea level rise, and saltwater intrusion. The analysis will be provided to the State Water Commission and General Assembly by October 1, 2025.)