Costa has also championed water conservation and groundwater recharge projects to safeguard the long-term supply.
I will continue championing water conservation and groundwater recharge projects to safeguard long-term water supply.
Occurrences
Evidence
Costa announced more than $131 million in federal funding for major water infrastructure improvements in the San Joaquin Valley, including upgrades to the Friant-Kern Canal and O'Neill Pumping Plant.
GovInfo lists Jim Costa as a sponsor of H.R. 338, the Every Drop Counts Act, which would amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to increase surface water and groundwater storage.
GovInfo shows Costa introduced H.R. 338, the Every Drop Counts Act, to increase surface water and groundwater storage.
Costa led a bipartisan letter urging immediate emergency federal funding to combat invasive golden mussels in California waterways.
Costa announced more than $131 million in federal funding for major water infrastructure improvements across the San Joaquin Valley, including the Friant-Kern Canal and O'Neill Pumping Plant.
Assessments
The promise was to continue championing water conservation and groundwater recharge projects, not to singlehandedly complete a specific project. The evidence shows Costa actively advanced that agenda during the same term by sponsoring H.R. 338, the Every Drop Counts Act, aimed at increasing surface water and groundwater storage, and by publicly securing and promoting more than $131 million in federal funding for major San Joaquin Valley water infrastructure improvements tied to long-term water supply resilience. The record is somewhat stronger on water storage and infrastructure than on explicit completed groundwater recharge projects, but it is sufficient to show he continued championing the underlying water-supply and conservation objectives he promised.
Costa has continued active advocacy on water conservation and groundwater recharge in his current term, including sponsoring H.R. 338 to increase surface water and groundwater storage and announcing more than $131 million in federal water infrastructure funding in the San Joaquin Valley. That supports real delivery of the promised agenda, but the pledge is a continuing advocacy promise rather than a discrete completed outcome, so partial credit is the best fit.