Financial Assistance
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DNR Surface Water Grant Deadline Approaching
The final grant application deadline is approaching for eligible sponsors who submitted a pre-application to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource's Surface Water Grant Program. Because the grant deadline falls on a Sunday this year, applicants will have until the end of Nov. 2 to submit their final application.
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DNR Awards Brownfields Grant Valued Up To $35,000 To Grant County
An abandoned downtown property in Lancaster with a 25-year history of petroleum contamination is getting closer to being cleaned up and marketable to possible buyers with assistance from a brownfields grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
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Loan Terms
Until recently, loan terms have been limited to a maximum of 20 years. An amendment to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) now permits loan terms of up to 30 years, depending on the useful life of the project.In order for a project to be…
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Grants and Funding Opportunities for Great Lakes Projects
Great Lakes funding opportunities become available through EPA and other federal agencies. You can find many grant opportunities by searching Grants.gov.
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Project Lists and Intended Use Plans
Find project priority lists (PPLs), intended use plans (IUPs) and funding lists by state fiscal year (SFY) for the Environmental Improvement Fund's (EIF) Clean Water Fund Program (CWFP) and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP).
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Private Lead Service Line Replacement Program
LSL PROGRAM UPDATESVisit our BIL-Funded LSL Replacement Program webpage for the most recent updates.Year three of the BIL LSL Replacement funding will be incorporated into the regular Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) State Fiscal Year (SFY)…
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Lead Service Line Replacements
Removing lead service lines (LSLs) is one way to minimize the potential for lead to get into your drinking water. The Wisconsin DNR Bureau of Drinking Water and Groundwater provides information regarding the concerns of lead in drinking water.
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Summary of financial assistance
Wisconsin provided over $7.3 billion in financial assistance to municipalities since State Fiscal Year (SFY) 1991 through two environmental financing programs:Clean Water Fund Program (CWFP), for wastewater and storm water, since 1991, including the…
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Cost and Effectiveness Certification
Federal requirement Clean Water Act amendments passed in June 2014 added a number of new federal requirements to the Clean Water Fund Program (CWFP). The last of these requirements being implemented for CWFP applicants is the requirement for Cost…
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Statutes and Administrative Codes
Street Policy FinalizedThe Environmental Loans’ Street Reconstruction Cost Policy Paper, which was created to consistently apply the cost eligibility requirements in chs. NR 162.04 and NR 166.07, Wis. Adm. Code, was finalized in May 2024. The…