Congressman David Dreier

It extends by $61.2 million the authorization of federal funds for the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund, created in 2000 by Dreier’s enacted legislation to help clean up perchlorate contamination and provide safe drinking water to Southern California. The San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority (WQA) will receive $50 million and the Central Basin Municipal Water District will receive $11.2 million.

The initial federal authorization was $85 million, most of which has already been allocated to the ongoing clean up. The estimated total cost of clean up is now $1 billion. With the additional federal assistance that Congressman Dreier’s bill provides, the federal investment is 14 percent of the total cost, which reflects that this is an extraordinarily cost effective federal project.

Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, who is the Chairwoman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, is once again an original cosponsor of the bill. Area Representatives Gary G. Miller, Lucille Roybal-Allard and Adam Schiff are also original cosponsors.