Financial Assistance Programs – Grants and Loans

Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program

Reference Material

CWSRF Project Plans and Specifications:
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Compliance Guidelines
Effective Utility Management Resource Toolbox
Survey
- Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2008
- Wastewater User Charge Survey Reports
Download Logos for Project Signage – All recipients are required to post a sign on the project site with the following logos:
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund Logo »» PDF | EPS | JPG
- Environmental Protection Agency Logo »» PDF | JPG
- State Water Resources Control Board Logo »» PDF | EPS | JPG
U.S. EPA Information
- Adaptation Tool Available From US EPA's Climate Ready Water Utilities Program – Climate Resilience Evaluation And Awareness Tool (CREAT)
  CREAT was developed to assist drinking water and wastewater utilities in understanding potential climate change threats and in assessing the related risks at their individual utilities. For more information and to download CREAT go to: http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/watersecurity/climate/creat.cfm. (posted 06/20/13)
- U.S.EPA Grant Agreement
  - Combined FY 2012/2013 Procedures
- U.S. EPA Issues Clean Water State Revolving Fund Green Project Reserve Highlights Report, Case Studies, and Fact Sheets
- U.S. EPA Financing Alternative Comparison Tool (FACT)
- U.S. EPA Guide to Help Wastewater and Water Utilities Improve Energy Management
  U.S. EPA and its water and wastewater partners are learning more and doing more to confront serious challenges related to rising energy costs. A new guidance, Ensuring a Sustainable Future: An Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and Water Utilities will help utilities systematically assess their current energy costs and practices, set measurable performance improvement goals, and monitor and measure their progress over time.
- USEPA News Releases Pertaining to Water
- U.S. EPA Planning for Sustainability Handbook for Water and Wastewater Utilities
- U.S. EPA Procedures for Implementing Certain Provisions of EPA's Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations Affecting the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs