Finding Best-Fit Funding and Financing for Sustainable Water Projects
Online webinar
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Overview & Objectives: There are a range of federal and state programs available to help water managers invest in sustainable, equitable and climate resilient solutions. But matching these various funding options to community’s priority projects can be challenging. WaterNow Alliance will host a 1-hour webinar for municipal, utility, and community leaders in the Intermountain West to learn about funding and financing options for sustainable water projects of all scales. The program will feature U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART grant program as a way to kick-start water conservation projects, Colorado’s State Revolving Fund program as a key pathway to larger-scale investments in sustainable projects, and U.S. EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loans as flexible financing for communities’ largest investments in sustainable infrastructure.
The webinar has 3 objectives:
- Answer participants’ questions about WaterSMART grants, Colorado SRF loans, and WIFIA loans;
- Equip participants with the know-how for matching their sustainable water projects with best-fit funding and financing options; and
- Inspire broadened thinking about the types of projects that water infrastructure grant and loan programs can help fund.
Speakers:
- Dallas Shattuck, Senior Program Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, WIFIA program
- Desi Santerre, Water and Wastewater Program Manager, Colorado Department of Local Affairs
- Victoria Arling, WaterNow, [email protected]
- Caroline Koch, WaterNow, [email protected] (moderator)