Introduced by Cox, the Western Water Storage Infrastructure Act would provide additional funding for surface storage, groundwater storage, and the support of conveyance facilities. The legislators insist the bill is needed to reauthorize more water storage funding now that WIIN Act storage funds have been capped out:

“This has been a transformative session for Central Valley water. My new water storage bill, the third water bill I’ve introduced this Congress, is going to tackle one of the trickiest parts of fixing our supply crisis," said Cox. "By investing $800 million in badly needed projects over the next five years, we can finally get on track to long-term supply stability, through wet and dry years.”

Taken together with HR 5316, the Move Water Now Act, introduced by Cox, which funds repairs on the Friant-Kern Canal, these two bills will contribute the necessary resources to perform vital repairs to the San Joaquin Valley’s primary water conveyance facilities. 

These pieces of legislation, in addition to the Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act and Securing Access for the Central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources Act, make up a package of bills championed by Reps. Costa, Cox, and Harder (CA-10).