{"id":5603,"date":"2016-03-17T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senators-push-for-funding-to-repair-crumbling-water-infrastructure-avoid-future-flint-style-disasters\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:42","slug":"senators-push-for-funding-to-repair-crumbling-water-infrastructure-avoid-future-flint-style-disasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senators-push-for-funding-to-repair-crumbling-water-infrastructure-avoid-future-flint-style-disasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Los senadores presionan para obtener fondos para reparar la infraestructura de agua en ruinas y evitar futuros desastres como los de Flint"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As families in Flint, Michigan continue to struggle with lead-contaminated water, eighteen Senators are pushing to boost investment in water infrastructure repairs to avert future crises of contaminated drinking water supplies.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Robert Casey (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) pressed for $70 million in 2016 funding for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA).<\/p>\n

WIFIA is a recently-created program designed to provide low-cost loans to local governments who otherwise struggle with finding affordable financing options for replacing or upgrading water infrastructure. This financing is critical to fixing aging and crumbling water infrastructure, and helping growing regions expand their water infrastructure systems to meet the demands of population growth. Because WIFIA funding is provided through loans, $70 million in funding for WIFIA would help to leverage approximately $700 million in financing for water infrastructure projects across the nation.<\/p>\n

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“The crisis in Flint, Michigan shows the potential consequences of systematic underinvestment in our nation’s infrastructure,” the Senators wrote. “While Flint is an emergency situation that deserves immediate attention and resources, it is one of many cities across the nation still dependent on lead pipes and century-old water systems.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Continuaron: \u201cSin embargo, a pesar de la clara necesidad, los fondos actuales solo proporcionan una fracci\u00f3n de las actualizaciones y el mantenimiento necesarios para nuestra infraestructura de agua. Por ejemplo, las asignaciones para infraestructura de agua limpia han promediado menos de $2 mil millones al a\u00f1o desde 2000. WIFIA aumentar\u00eda las fuentes de financiaci\u00f3n actuales mediante la reducci\u00f3n del costo de las inversiones en infraestructura y aumentar\u00eda la disponibilidad de capital de menor costo para grandes proyectos\u2026. Con una gran acumulaci\u00f3n de inversiones en infraestructura de agua, es hora de aprovechar los fondos federales para tener un impacto duradero en nuestras comunidades y en nuestra salud p\u00fablica\u201d.<\/p>\n

El texto completo de la carta sigue a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Download a copy of the letter aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Honorable Lisa Murkowski
Presidente
Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies
Senado de los Estados Unidos
Washington, DC 20510<\/p>\n

The Honorable Tom Udall
Miembro de rango
Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies
Senado de los Estados Unidos
Washington, DC 20510<\/p>\n

Estimado presidente Murkowski y miembro de rango Udall:<\/p>\n

A medida que su subcomit\u00e9 desarrolla las prioridades de gasto para el a\u00f1o fiscal 2017 (FY17), le recomendamos encarecidamente que proporcione una financiaci\u00f3n s\u00f3lida para la Ley de Innovaci\u00f3n y Financiamiento de la Infraestructura del Agua (WIFIA). Creemos que el grave deterioro de la infraestructura de agua de nuestra naci\u00f3n amerita una inversi\u00f3n urgente para asegurar agua potable segura y limpia para nuestras comunidades y para proteger la salud p\u00fablica de nuestra naci\u00f3n. Lo instamos a financiar WIFIA en $70 millones en FY17.  <\/p>\n

En su boleta de calificaciones de 2013, la Sociedad Estadounidense de Ingenieros Civiles otorg\u00f3 a la infraestructura de agua potable y aguas residuales de nuestra naci\u00f3n una calificaci\u00f3n de "D". Hemos descuidado las inversiones en nuestra infraestructura de agua hasta tal punto que la Asociaci\u00f3n Estadounidense de Obras Hidr\u00e1ulicas estima que las necesidades de inversi\u00f3n agregadas para la infraestructura de agua potable ascender\u00edan a m\u00e1s de $1.7 billones para 2050. <\/p>\n

M\u00e1s que nunca, es evidente que nuestra dependencia de una infraestructura de agua anticuada puede y pondr\u00e1 en peligro la salud p\u00fablica. La crisis en Flint, Michigan, muestra las posibles consecuencias de la falta de inversi\u00f3n sistem\u00e1tica en la infraestructura de nuestra naci\u00f3n. Si bien Flint es una situaci\u00f3n de emergencia que merece atenci\u00f3n y recursos inmediatos, es una de las muchas ciudades del pa\u00eds que a\u00fan depende de tuber\u00edas de plomo y sistemas de agua centenarios.<\/p>\n

Sin embargo, a pesar de la clara necesidad, la financiaci\u00f3n actual solo proporciona una fracci\u00f3n de las actualizaciones y el mantenimiento necesarios para nuestra infraestructura de agua. Por ejemplo, las asignaciones para infraestructura de agua limpia tienen un promedio de menos de $2 mil millones al a\u00f1o desde 2000. WIFIA aumentar\u00eda las fuentes de financiaci\u00f3n actuales mediante la reducci\u00f3n del costo de las inversiones en infraestructura y aumentar\u00eda la disponibilidad de capital de menor costo para grandes proyectos. WIFIA autoriza a la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental a otorgar pr\u00e9stamos a bajo inter\u00e9s directamente del Tesoro de los EE. UU. para proyectos de agua potable y aguas residuales, satisfaciendo una necesidad cr\u00edtica en el financiamiento de infraestructura de agua. <\/p>\n

Adem\u00e1s, debido a que WIFIA act\u00faa como un pr\u00e9stamo de bajo inter\u00e9s en lugar de una subvenci\u00f3n directa, cada d\u00f3lar asignado a WIFIA act\u00faa como un subsidio de cr\u00e9dito y tiene la capacidad de apalancar diez d\u00f3lares en gastos de infraestructura de agua. Al financiar WIFIA en $70 millones, el Senado tiene la capacidad de facilitar $700 millones en pr\u00e9stamos para mejorar la infraestructura de nuestra naci\u00f3n, y cada d\u00f3lar invertido ayuda a crear empleos y proteger la salud p\u00fablica y la calidad ambiental.<\/p>\n

La infraestructura de agua y alcantarillado es esencial para la salud p\u00fablica y la econom\u00eda. Con una gran acumulaci\u00f3n de inversiones en infraestructura de agua, es hora de aprovechar los fondos federales para lograr un impacto duradero en nuestras comunidades y en nuestra salud p\u00fablica. Esperamos trabajar con usted para mejorar la infraestructura de agua de nuestra naci\u00f3n. Gracias por su consideraci\u00f3n de nuestra solicitud. <\/p>\n

Atentamente,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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