Bill > S806

This bill, the Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act or the Healthy H2O Act, amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a grant program. The program provides financial assistance to eligible grant recipients, such as homeowners, renters, and child-care facilities in rural areas, to purchase, install, and maintain point-of-entry and point-of-use drinking water quality improvement products. The goal is to address immediate drinking water quality challenges, particularly for communities relying on private groundwater supplies or facing infrastructure issues, by enabling the use of these products as an interim or long-term solution. The bill also requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report on the program's progress, including barriers to universal safe drinking water, emerging needs, and trends in the use of eligible products.