1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Quality Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Integrated planning process Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Integrated planning and permitting (1) In general The Administrator shall establish a comprehensive and flexible integrated planning process and permitting process for municipal wastewater and stormwater management that will help municipalities comply with the requirements of this Act by enabling municipalities to identify the most cost-effective and protective approaches to comply with such requirements, and prioritize their investments in addressing such requirements. (2) Planning and permitting process The Administrator shall ensure that, under the planning and permitting process established under paragraph (1)— (A) actions taken by the municipality to comply with the requirements of this Act are implemented in a manner that— (i) considers alternative approaches and actions for the municipality to comply with such requirements; (ii) takes into consideration the technical feasibility and economic affordability of the alternative approaches and actions considered; (iii) accounts for the financial capability of the municipality to comply with such requirements; (iv) prioritizes such requirements in order to provide the greatest environmental and public health benefits for the resources expended; (v) accounts for both the municipality’s preexisting and reasonably anticipated future compliance requirements related to, as applicable— (I) a combined sewer overflow; (II) a sanitary sewer overflow; (III) a capacity, management, operation, and maintenance program for sanitary sewer collection systems; (IV) a municipal stormwater discharge; (V) a municipal wastewater discharge; (VI) a water quality-based effluent limitation to implement an applicable wasteload allocation in a total maximum daily load; (VII) source water protection efforts that protect surface water supplies