IAPMO supports bill that would address water access gap affecting underserved and tribal communities

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) is proud to voice its enthusiastic support for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Access Data Collection Act of 2024 (WASH Access Data Collection Act), introduced in the U.S. Senate on May 1 to study and devise solutions to the lack of running water and basic indoor plumbing that affects more than 2 million Americans.

Co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-New Mexico), the bill would establish an interagency Water and Sanitation Needs Working Group to conduct surveys and develop reports no less frequently than every five years and mandate development of a cost estimate for capital improvements necessary to ensure that all U.S. households have access to reliable drinking water and adequate sanitation.