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Clean Water State Revolving Fund - MO

By EPA & MDNR

The Missouri Clean Water State Revolving Fund provides communities a permanent, independent source of low-cost financing for a wide range of water quality infrastructure projects.  

About

The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) is a funding mechanism available to local communities to pay for stormwater and wastewater projects that improve water quality.

The CWSRF is a low- to no-interest loan that can cover up to 100% of a water quality project鈥檚 cost. The loan payments are recycled back into the program to fund additional projects.

Competition for funds is high. Demand far outweighs available funds. However, states are able to determine funding priorities, loan terms and project eligibility.

The EPA has identified the CWSRF as a funding resource for green infrastructure and stormwater projects. Through the American Recovery Act of 2009, the Green Project Reserve was created that requires all CWSRF programs to use a portion of their federal grant for projects that address green infrastructure, energy efficiency or other environmentally innovative activities.

 Project Examples

Hidden Creek Development, Columbus, OH

$1.1M GI improvements through vegetated swales, restored wooded stream buffers, and establishment of emergent wetland habitat.

EPA鈥檚 CWSRF Stormwater Success Stories

More Info/Resources

Consult your community鈥檚 attorney and financial advisors prior to moving forward with any of these funding options. Any reference in this website to any person, or organization, or activities, products, or services related to such person or organization, or any linkages from this website to the website of another party, do not constitute or imply the endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of companies or organizations.