Under its CWSRF Program, the New York Environmental Facilities Corporation has created a Green Innovation Grant Program to encourage the use of green infrastructure. One project under this program has…
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New Jersey Green and Grey Infrastructure Project
Camden City (population 80,000), one of the most economically distressed cities in the US, had a combined sewer system that was in a serious state of disrepair, creating serious human…
Montana’s Paradigm Shift: Re-Engineering WWTP Operations to Reduce Nutrients without Capital Expenditures
Montana trains wastewater treatment plant operators to operate their facilities differently than originally designed, facilitating the removal of nutrients. Through this targeted education and some additional on-site, site-specific assistance, wastewater…
Maryland SRF Supports Wind Turbine at WWTP
Crisfield, Maryland, a small, economically-disadvantaged city on the Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is combining CWSRF and other funding to design and construct a wind turbine at their wastewater treatment plant. The…
Louisiana’s Wastewater Reuse Project
The City of West Monroe used CWSRF funding to upgrade an existing wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). As a result of this water efficiency project, the facility now treats wastewater to…
Iowa’s Linked Deposit Loans
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Finance Authority have developed clean water state revolving fund-linked deposit loan programs for manure management and soil erosion control. Working with…
Georgia’s Toilet Rebate Program
Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (DDCWSA) received a $300,000 commitment to offer a rebate program to replace inefficient toilets that use more than 1.6 gallons per flush and exist…
Bundling and Fast-Tracking High Priority Projects in West County Wastewater District, California
The West County Wastewater District obtained a low-interest, 20-year loan agreement in June 2014 with Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) for approximately $18 million dollars at an interest rate…
Nebraska Governor Commends DEQ for Customer-Friendly Practices
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) last week received praise from Governor Pete Ricketts for its work in offering online permitting to customers. In his weekly column, Ricketts commended…
SCOTUS Denies Corporate Appeal, Sustaining $236M MTBE Verdict for NH
After more than a decade of litigation by New Hampshire (NH) versus Exxon, et al., the U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to take the company’s appeal of a $236…
