Unlocking Clean Water State Revolving Funds to Finance Resilience Projects Across the Great Lakes Region

Established in 1987, Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) have played a key, impressive role in improving water quality in the United States by providing more than $145 billion to finance more than 42,800 projects nationwide. However, while non-point source (NPS) pollution accounts for approximately three out of four identified water quality impairments nationwide, less than 4% of the CWSRF has been used to address NPS needs. There clearly is a need to ramp up efforts within the CWSRF programs to address NPS needs.

Environmental Policy Innovation Center's Katy Hansen & Shaun Roberts and Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT)'s Sanjiv Sinha, Ph.D. have co-authored a report that looks at the current status of how CWSRF dollars have been spent across the Great Lakes states, and proposes greener priorities that would spur transformation in environmental, economic, public health, and other social outcomes across the region.