{"id":5240,"date":"2017-01-10T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-celebrates-launch-of-job-creating-water-infrastructure-program\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:12","slug":"merkley-celebrates-launch-of-job-creating-water-infrastructure-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-celebrates-launch-of-job-creating-water-infrastructure-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley celebra el lanzamiento del programa de infraestructura de agua para la creaci\u00f3n de empleo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, celebr\u00f3 hoy el lanzamiento oficial de su Ley de Innovaci\u00f3n y Financiamiento de Infraestructura H\u00eddrica (WIFIA), que pondr\u00e1 pr\u00e9stamos de bajo costo a disposici\u00f3n de comunidades de todo el pa\u00eds para invertir en la reparaci\u00f3n y mejora de la deteriorada infraestructura h\u00eddrica. El <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-launches-new-program-1-billion-loans-available-water-infrastructure-projects\"><span class=\"s2\">La Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA) anunci\u00f3 hoy<\/span><\/a> que el financiamiento inicial del Congreso para el programa de pr\u00e9stamos, que fue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/job-creating-water-infrastructure-bill-passes-congress\/\"><span class=\"s2\">promulgada como ley en diciembre<\/span><\/a>, permitir\u00e1 a la agencia ofrecer aproximadamente $1 mil millones en financiamiento y apalancar aproximadamente $2 mil millones en inversi\u00f3n total en infraestructura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&quot;La noticia de hoy es enorme para Oreg\u00f3n y toda nuestra naci\u00f3n&quot;, dijo Merkley. \u201cLas inversiones en infraestructura h\u00eddrica crean buenos empleos y son fundamentales para prevenir crisis de salud p\u00fablica como la contaminaci\u00f3n por plomo que vimos en Flint, Michigan. Con comunidades en todo el pa\u00eds enfrentando sistemas de agua que envejecen r\u00e1pidamente y poblaciones en crecimiento, nuestra infraestructura h\u00eddrica est\u00e1 bajo presi\u00f3n como nunca antes. Al invertir en financiamiento de bajo costo para estos proyectos cr\u00edticos, podemos impulsar la creaci\u00f3n de empleo ahora y al mismo tiempo realizar inversiones esenciales a largo plazo en nuestra salud y nuestro crecimiento econ\u00f3mico\u201d.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Merkley a\u00f1adi\u00f3: \u201cLos alcaldes, comisionados del condado y otros l\u00edderes locales de Oregon merecen una enorme parte del cr\u00e9dito por este progreso. Su persistencia en plantear esta crisis y en generar ideas sobre soluciones condujo en \u00faltima instancia a la creaci\u00f3n de un programa que pagar\u00e1 enormes dividendos no s\u00f3lo para sus comunidades, sino para las comunidades de todo el pa\u00eds\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Merkley celebra cada a\u00f1o un ayuntamiento en cada uno de los 36 condados de Oreg\u00f3n. Antes de cada ayuntamiento, se re\u00fane con funcionarios electos locales para conocer los desaf\u00edos y \u00e9xitos que est\u00e1n viendo en sus comunidades particulares. En casi todas las reuniones que celebra, en todos los rincones de Oreg\u00f3n, escucha sobre los desaf\u00edos que enfrentan las comunidades locales para encontrar fondos para reemplazar o mejorar la infraestructura h\u00eddrica obsoleta. Estas conversaciones inspiraron a Merkley a proponer y luchar por la creaci\u00f3n del programa WIFIA, inspirado en la exitosa Ley de Innovaci\u00f3n y Financiamiento de Infraestructura de Transporte (TIFIA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">El agua potable y los sistemas modernos de tratamiento de aguas residuales son fundamentales para la salud y la seguridad p\u00fablicas, la solidez de las empresas locales, el crecimiento de la poblaci\u00f3n y la limpieza de los r\u00edos y acu\u00edferos. Incidentes como la reciente crisis en Flint, Michigan, subrayan los peligros que pueden surgir cuando la seguridad de nuestra agua potable y el estado de nuestra infraestructura h\u00eddrica no se consideran una prioridad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Con el programa WIFIA ahora lanzado oficialmente, los gobiernos estatales, locales y tribales podr\u00e1n solicitar financiamiento para ayudar con una amplia gama de proyectos de infraestructura h\u00eddrica, que incluyen:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2022 proyectos de tratamiento y distribuci\u00f3n de agua potable<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2022 proyectos de conducci\u00f3n y tratamiento de aguas residuales<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2022 Proyectos de mejora de la eficiencia energ\u00e9tica en instalaciones de agua potable y aguas residuales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2022 proyectos de desalinizaci\u00f3n, recarga de acu\u00edferos, suministro alternativo de agua y reciclaje de agua<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2022 proyectos de prevenci\u00f3n, reducci\u00f3n o mitigaci\u00f3n de sequ\u00edas<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley today celebrated the official launch of his Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), which will make low-cost loans available to communities across the country to invest in repairing and upgrading crumbling water infrastructure. 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