Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Factsheets
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program can fund a wide variety of water quality protection efforts. The program’s flexibility and broad range of project eligibilities enable states to target CWSRF funds to their specific water quality priorities. To be eligible for CWSRF assistance, a project must meet the criteria of one of the eleven CWSRF eligibilities found in Section 603(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
CWSRF Program Overview Factsheet (pdf)
Overview of CWSRF Eligibilities (pdf)
This is a technical support reference, which looks at the many projects eligible to receive assistance from the CWSRF program.
Protecting Public Health and Water Quality with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (pdf)
This fact sheet demonstrates how the CWSRF provides assistance to eligible recipients while protecting public health and water quality. It highlights successful projects in Indiana and Delaware.
Supporting Cybersecurity Measures with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (pdf)
This factsheet demonstrates how CWSRF funds can be used to fund cybersecurity practices and measures at publicly owned treatment works. It also outlines resources for free vulnerability assessments and cybersecurity trainings, as well as how to report a cybersecurity incident.
Funding Resilient Infrastructure and Communities with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (pdf)
This activity update describes the wide range of eligible activities that help communities become resilient, as well as how states are implementing and encouraging more projects that promote system resiliency. Successful resiliency projects are included from New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Oklahoma. The paper discusses the EPA and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Memorandum of Understanding of June 2019 that establishes a framework for EPA funded SRF programs to assist and collaborate with FEMA disaster assistance grant programs.
Funding Drought Resiliency Projects with the CWSRF (pdf)
This factsheet describes the wide range of eligible activities that help communities become resilient to drought, as well as how states are implementing and encouraging more projects that promote drought resiliency through water reuse projects. Successful projects are included from Arizona, California, Florida, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Funding Wildfire Resiliency, Mitigation, and Recovery Projects with the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs (pdf)
This factsheet describes the wide range of eligible activities from the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs that help communities become resilient to and recover from wildfires. Successful projects are included from Arizona and Oregon.
Increasing Climate Resilience and Mitigation with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program (pdf)
This factsheet describes the wide range of eligible activities from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program that can help communities address climate change impacts to their water infrastructure and reliably provide clean and safe water to all Americans. Successful projects are included from California, Florida and Kentucky.
Watershed Financing Partnerships (pdf)
This factsheet describes how CWSRF funds can be used to help support watershed-scale investments in water quality through the formation of watershed financing partnerships. It outlines how to develop a CWSRF-supported watershed financing partnership and highlights successful examples in South Dakota and Pennsylvania.
Using WIFIA and SRF Programs to Finance Water Infrastructure Projects (pdf)
This factsheet describes how co-funding sustainable drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects with the WIFIA and SRF programs offers funding recipients efficiencies, cost savings, and other advantages.
Eligible Projects
The eleven eligibilities allow CWSRFs to fund a variety of project types. Eligible projects exist under all of the following categories:
- Centralized Wastewater Treatment
- Energy Conservation
- Water Conservation
- Stormwater
- Agricultural Best Management Practices
- Decentralized Wastewater Treatment
- Resource Extraction
- Contaminated Sites
- Landfills
- Habitat Protection and Restoration
- Estuary Protection and Restoration
- Silviculture
- Desalination
- Groundwater Protection and Restoration
- Surface Water Protection and Restoration
- Planning / Assessment
- Source Water Protection