Bipartisan Opposition To Trump’s Water Cuts Is Already Growing

The USDA program, last funded with an annual budget of $498 million, was deemed “duplicative” of the Environmental Protection Agency’s state revolving water funds in Trump’s budget blueprint. The document called on small, rural water utilities otherwise served by the USDA program to turn to the EPA revolving funds, which are slated for a slight budget increase, for help.

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