1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Technology Acceleration Act . 2. Innovative water technology grant program (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means— (A) a publicly owned treatment works (as defined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act); (B) a public water system (as defined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act); (C) a unit of local government, including a joint powers authority; (D) an institution of higher education or other research institution; (E) a State; (F) an entity representing a regional, multi-State collaboration among entities described in this paragraph; or (G) any other appropriate entity, including a nonprofit organization, a farmer, or a manufacturer, as determined by the Administrator. (b) Grant program authorized The Administrator shall carry out a grant program for the purposes described in subsection (c) to accelerate the development of emerging or innovative water technologies that address pressing water challenges. (c) Grants (1) Technologies In carrying out the program under subsection (b), the Administrator shall make grants to eligible entities to support emerging or innovative technologies that, as determined by the Administrator— (A) improve the water quality of a drinking water source; (B) improve the security of a drinking water delivery system and the safety of the drinking water; (C) minimize contamination of drinking water and drinking water sources, including contamination by lead, bacteria, chlorides, and nitrates; (D) improve the quality and timeliness and decrease the cost of drinking water quality tests, especially technologies that can be deployed within drinking water delivery systems and at individual faucets to provide accurate real-time tests of water quality, especially with respect to lead, bacteria, and nitrate content