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2024 SmartWay Excellence Award Semifinalist Application
EPA's SmartWay Excellence Awards recognize high performing partners that are leading the business community to a clean, efficient and more sustainable future for goods movement. Semifinalists may use this application to apply for Award recognition.
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Resource Pages for Current SmartWay Partners and Affiliates
This page provides quick links to specific resources for each SmartWay partner type.
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Project Waiver of AIS Requirements for Plug Valves for Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Virginia (CWSRF)
AIS waiver request approval.
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Project Waiver of American Iron and Steel Requirements to Riverside, California for Triple Offset Butterfly Valves
Approval of AIS waiver request.
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Sponsorship Lending and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
This fact sheet demonstrates how the CWSRF provides assistance to eligible recipients through sponsorship lending. It highlights successful projects in Idaho and Iowa.
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Innovations in Agriculture in Oregon: Farmers Irrigation District Improves Water Quality, Maximizes Water Conservation, and Generates Clean, Renewable Energy
The Hood River Farmers Irrigation District used $36.2 million in CWSRF loans for a multiple-year endeavor to convert the open canal system to a piped, pressurized irrigation system to maximize water conservation and restore reliable water delivery to crops
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF): Energy Conservation
The CWSRF can finance energy efficiency and conservation projects that reduce the amount of thermoelectric energy used at publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
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Financing Options for Nontraditional Eligibilities in the CWSRF
This is a technical support reference, which looks at the varied types of financial assistance available to the CWSRF programs that can be deployed to fund eligibilities that do not fall within the mainstream of traditional grey infrastructure.
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Green Infrastructure Projects and State Activities: CWSRF Innovations
This report highlights several projects funded by ARRA that illustrate the importance of building partnerships among various stakeholders and how different green infrastructure technologies and practices can be applied in different settings.
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Value-Focused Approach to Improving Water Quality: Albany-Millersburg Talking Water Gardens
To meet new total maximum daily load requirements, the cities of Albany and Millersburg in Oregon worked together to design and fund a project that addresses wastewater treatment from a natural hydrological perspective.
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Request for AIS Waiver for TR Flex Pipe Fittings for Point Richmond, California
AIS waiver request.
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Project Waiver of American Iron and Steel Requirements to West County, California for TR Flex Pipe Fittings
Approval of AIS waiver request
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Project Waiver of American Iron and Steel Requirements to Mobile, Alabama for MJ Ductile Iron Wall Sleeves
Approval of AIS waiver request.
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Funding CWSRF Projects Under CWA Section 320 Authority (National Estuary Program)
This factsheet helps inform the 28 NEP programs of opportunities for CWSRF collaboration and financial assistance in the development and implementation of their CCMPs.
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Innovative Stormwater Management: Spokane Urban Runoff Greenways Ecosystem
Spokane, Washington developed the Spokane Urban Runoff Greenway Ecosystem (SURGE) program to retrofit the existing urban landscape of curb and gutter systems in several places.
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Reporting Summaries
Summaries of the number of loans, projects, and total assistance provided by states each year by the CWSRF.