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Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Vermont's CWSRF Program provides funding for Vermont's Clean Water projects in the form of low interest loans to municipalities and private entities for eligible projects.  Several types of loans are available.
Planning Loans: Term of 5 to 15 years with 0% interest.
Final Design Loans: Terms of 5 to 15 years with 0% interest.
Municipal Construction Loans: Terms of 20 to 30 years with 2% administrative fee, annually. Terms need to be less than or equal to asset life.
Natural Infrastructure project loans, including through Interim Financing and
Water Infrastructure Sponsorship Program
(WISPr). See the current Intended Use Plan for details.
Note: Most Planning and Final Design Loans are rolled into the construction loan at closing, and administrative fees would apply then.
​Note: Loans involve delayed repayment.
Fact Sheet
Clean Water projects can be described as:
Wastewater collection system and treatment facility construction, upgrade, or refurbishment projects
Combined Sewer Overflow abatement, monitoring, or elimination projects
Stormwater and wastewater separation projects
Stormwater conveyance and/or treatment projects
Community decentralized wastewater disposal systems
Asset management plans, resiliency plans, TMDL related planning and optimization efforts
Watershed projects
Solid waste projects and brownsfields projects where they relate to water quality
Other projects as defined by the PList funding categories or the
CWSRF Eligibilities Overview Paper
Clean Water SRF recipients are required to follow the Qualifications-Based Selection Process and Request for Qualifications (QBS-RFQ), develop Fiscal Sustainability Plans (FSP), and Cost and Effectiveness Guidelines (C&E).
Qualifications-Based Selection Process and Request for Qualifications
Fiscal Sustainability Plan
Cost and Effectiveness
&E Certification Form
&E Guidance Document
One advantage to a CWSRF loan is that is comes with technical assistance services by the Design and Construction Engineering Section to help guide your project through this process.
Village Wastewater Solutions
.  A new interagency initiative assists communities in finding viable wastewater and drinking water solutions to help stimulate opportunities and reinvestment in our small towns.  Visit the web page to find tools, resources and contact information.
Environmental Review
to be compliant with NEPA, environmental reviews are required, CWSRF is typically between Step 1 and 2, while DWSRF is before Step 3
Intended Use Plans
IUPs are plans written to explain how the SRF monies will be used each year
Loan Help
Find help with commonly asked loan help topics.
Step 1: Planning/Preliminary Engineering
for planning, feasibility, and preliminary engineering reports
Step 2: Final Design
final design, detailed plans and specifications
Step 3: Construction
bid phase, construction phase, and warranty phase