Senator Warner was able to secure funding for 21 energy and water projects that are designed to improve infrastructure, protect the environment, and promote economic development across Virginia.

The funding requests were included in the FY2010 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, which was approved by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday night.  The bill provides funding for the Departments of Energy and the Interior, Army Corps of Engineers, and economic development projects. 

From here, the bill will be "reconciled" with the House version, and a final bill will be put to vote later this year.  

Here are the projects and the funding amounts by region.  For descriptions of each projects, click on the region name to view the press release.

Hampton Roads

• Dismal Swamp and Dismal Canal; Chesapeake, VA -- $78,000
• Chowan River Basin, Chesapeake, Va -- $215,000
• Storm Water Management Program, Chesapeake Bay -- $220,000
• Willoughby Spit and Vicinity, Norfolk, VA -- $243,000
• Dismal Swamp Canal Route, Chesapeake, VA -- $320,000
• Regional Sediment Management, Mathews County, VA -- $350,000
• Norfolk Harbor and Channels – Deepening, Norfolk, VA  -- $1,000,000
• Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program, Chesapeake Bay, VA -- $2,000,000
• Tangier Island Jetty, Accomack County, VA -- Listed To Be Eligible To Receive Funds
• Thomas Jefferson National Lab, Newport News, VA -- $22,000,000

Northern Virginia

• Upper Rappahannock River (Phase II); Rapidan Tributary, VA -- $170,000
• Four Mile Run Restoration; City of Alexandria and Arlington County, VA -- $100,000

Shenandoah Valley

• Shenandoah Valley as a National Demonstration Project Achieving 25 Percent Renewable Energy by the Year 2025; James Madison University -- $750,000
• Gathright Dam & Lake Moomaw; Bath County, VA -- $255,000

• Grundy Flood Control Project; Grundy, VA -- $4,000,0003
• Clinch River Watershed; Tazewell, Russell, Scott, Lee and Wise Counties, VA -- $130,000
• New River, Claytor Lake; Claytor Lake, VA -- $90,000
• Appalachian Regional Commission -- $76 million