THE CLEAN WATER
STATE REVOLVING FUND

Low-Cost Infrastructure Financing Since 1987

Totals:

$145.4 billion in funding

for water quality infrastructure projects

42,842 loan agreements

(through FY2020)

How it works:

SEPA funds state CWSRFs

each year, with 20% state match.

All 50 states and Puerto Rico have CWSRFs.

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through state CWSRFs.

Who is eligible?

(Eligibility varies by state and project type.)

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Communities

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Private Nonprofit Citizen groups
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Terms:

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or useful life of project, whichever is less.

May also include

additional subsidies

(e.g., principal forgiveness
and grants)

Below-market rates:

1.4% average interest rate

in 2020 (market rate 2.7%)

Repayment starts one year after project completion.

Types of projects:



Publicly owned treatment works

¦^Watershed projects

Nonpoint source projects

Energy conservation

National estuary program projects

+Water reuse

Decentralized wastewater

Security measures at publicly
owned treatment works

treatment systems

Stormwater

^Technical assistance

Water conservation



Return on investment

For every $1 from
federal government

t$3.10 has gone

to help communities.

www.epa.gov/cwsrf

Clean Water

State Revolving Fund

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