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Public Outreach for Integrated Wastewater and Stormwater Planning

This report focuses on the essential element of public outreach in the integrated planning process. Includes case studies from Burlington, Vermont and Onondaga County, New York.

Prioritizing Wastewater and Stormwater Projects Using Stakeholder Input

This report describes how communities can use stakeholder input to select and rank criteria and apply those criteria to prioritize stormwater and wastewater projects.

Achieving Water Quality Through Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Plans

Memorandum from EPA headquarters to regional offices to work with states and communities to get the most effective and cost-effective approaches for meeting the Agency's shared objective of clean water that protects public health and the environment.

Implementation of Integrated Planning in Accordance with the 2019 Water Infrastructure Improvement Act

This memorandum highlights new provisions in the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (WIIA), signed into law on January 14, 2019, and how EPA will continue to support communities and states on integrated planning and green infrastructure.

Combined Sewer Overflows - Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development

Provides an aid for assessing financial capability as part of negotiating schedules for CWA requirements for municipalities and local authorities.

Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework

Provides guidance for EPA, states, and local governments to develop and implement effective integrated plans under the CWA. This framework was finalized after extensive public input including a series of workshops across the country.

Estimating the Value of Water: A Literature Review

This document describes the methodology and results of a literature review of relevant studies that examined how communities similar to Springfield estimated their water resource value.

Stormwater Smart Outreach Tools

Septic Systems (Decentralized/Onsite Systems)

The web site provides guidance and technical assistance for homeowners, government officials, industry professionals, and EPA partners about how to properly develop and manage individual onsite and community cluster systems that treat domestic wastewater.

Campus RainWorks Resources

Resources to learn more about Campus Rainworks and green infrastructure.

Consultation on Financing and Governance Options for the Backhaul Alaska Program

EFAB advisory letter to the EPA Administrator on the backhaul Alaska program..

Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - August 26, 2021

Materials for EFAB meeting.

EFAB Report: Evaluating Stormwater Infrastructure Funding and Financing

This report, evaluating stormwater infrastructure funding and financing, was developed by an Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Task Force in response to Section 4101 of the 2018 America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA).

Perspective: “The Financial Impact of Alternative Water Project Delivery Models” in the Water Sector

The Water Finance Center developed this companion perspective document to a UNC EFC report on Alternative Water Project Delivery Models to broaden understanding of this alternative procurement method.

EFAB Infrastructure Letter to EPA Administrator

EFAB letter to the EPA Administrator expressing its support of a range of approaches to investment in America's water and wastewater infrastructure.

EPA Administrator's Response to EFAB Infrastructure Letter

EPA Administrator's response to EFAB's letter expressing EFAB's support of a range of approaches to investment in America's water and wastewater infrastructure.

Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center

The Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center serves as a resource to communities to improve their wastewater, drinking water and stormwater systems, particularly through innovative financing and increased resiliency to climate change.

Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR)

The EPA supports the environmentally sound recycling of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) and has developed regulations on the safe disposal of CCR in landfills and surface impoundments.

EPA's Tribal Drinking Water Funding Programs

EPA works with Tribal Governments and Tribal Utilities to help their systems comply with the SDWA to improve access to safe drinking water.

Drinking Water Infrastructure Grants - Tribal Set-Aside Program

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA), as amended in 1996, established the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to make funds available to drinking water systems to finance infrastructure improvements.