The Clean Water Fund Financial Assistance for Municipal Projects

The Clean Water Fund is the mechanism through which CT DEEP provides financial assistance to municipalities for projects addressing wastewater needs.

Due to resource constraints, municipalities should allocate a minimum of 90 calendar days from the date of submission to CT DEEP for the review and comment or approval of any document submitted related to the Clean Water Fund.  These documents may include, but are not limited to, funding applications, engineering reports, plans and specifications, and professional services contracts.

Implementation or execution of such documents without prior written approval by CT DEEP will result in loss of funding eligibility for the subject of the document. 

CWF CALL FOR PROJECTS FY24-25 - The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) is preparing the Clean Water Fund Priority List for FY 2024 and FY 2025 (7/1/23 – 6/30/25) and is requesting that you provide us with information on any planning, design, or construction project(s) you intend to start between the time period listed above.  Note the Project Request Form has been updated - please do not submit old forms.  Please be aware that your municipality MUST complete a Project Request Form for ALL NEW AND EXISTING projects for which you may seek funding. DO NOT ASSUME that if your project has been included on a previous Priority List, that it will be included in the evaluation for FY2024 and FY2025. Please fill out the attached form and submit it by Friday, May 19, 2023.  The attached form and any additional information should be submitted to DEEP.CWF@ct.gov.

• CWF FY24-25 Call for Projects Memo
• CWF FY4-25 Project Request Form

Reports Regarding CWF

• Clean Water Fund Annual Reports to the Governor
• The Clean Water Fund Dilemma, Increasing Demands with Diminishing Fiscal Resources: A Report from the Clean Water Fund Advisory Workgroup to DEEP Commissioner Gina McCarthy

Applications for Funding

• Clean Water Fund Program - Funding Application  
• Clean Water Fund Program - Funding Application

Priority Lists

• Hearing Examiners Report, including a response to comments 
• FY 2022 - 2023 Clean Water Fund Priority List**
• FY 2022 - 2023 Clean Water Fund Priority List - Table 1

** Two minor edits were made to this Final version: 1) the word “Final” is on the Title page; and 2) The 20% grant/80% loan under the Reserve for Construction of I/I Rehabilitation Projects on page 13 as it was mistakenly left out and has been reinserted. 

Please contact us DEEP.CWF@ct.gov with any questions.

Intended Use Plan

The CT Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program is authorized by the Clean Water Act and is capitalized with funds from the federal government, plus a required 20% match of funds from the state. Each year, the CWSRF program must submit a plan to the US EPA discussing how the program intends to apply that year’s funding on projects that address the state’s highest priority water quality needs. This ‘Intended Use Plan,’ or IUP, includes a list of projects from CT’s Clean Water Fund Priority List, short- and long-term goals of the program, how the funds would be distributed, information on the activities to be supported, and how the program will meet certain specific requirements pertaining to the management and use of the funds.  Since the IUP directly aligns with the Priority List, public review and comment of the IUP occurs simultaneously with the public notice process for CT’s Clean Water Fund Priority List.   

CT CWF IUP FY2022

• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Subcontractor Participation on Clean Water Fund (CWF) Projects for Construction Projects (CWF Memo 2019-003)  
• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Subcontractor Participation on Clean Water Fund (CWF) Projects for Engineering Services (CWF Memo 2019-002)  
• DBE (MBE/WBE) Subcontractor Verfication Form (January 24, 2019)  

Clean Water Fund Eligibility

• Phosphorus Project Grant Eligibility (CWF Memo 2016-005)
• Permit Costs Eligibility (CWF Memo 2016-001)
• Combined Sewer Overflow Treatment Plant Project Grant/Loan Eligibility (CWF Memo 2015-002)
• Utility Relocation (CWF Memo 2013-002)
• Roadway Restoration (CWF Memo 2013-001)
• Nitrogen Project Grant Eligibility (CWFM-4)
• Telecommunications Equipment Prohibition (CWF Memo 2021-001) 
  EPA Prohibition on Certain Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment in the SRF Programs
  and Required Language for Construction Plans and Specifications Regarding the Prohibition.  
• Equipment Sole Source (CWF Memo 2021-002)
• Quality Based Selection QBS of Engineering Services (CWF Memo 2021-003) and Guidance Document
  Form used to certify QBS was completed: CT Clean Water Fund_QBS cert form
• Useful Life Certification Form

Clean Water Fund Program Administrative Requirements

• Revision to Collection System Program reserves under Section 3c for the current Priority List. This change will be effective as of the date of this memo and will remain in effect until the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Priority List. (CWF Memo 2023-003)
• Revision to FY2019 Priority List - Removal of $4 million cap per municipality on Pump Station Projects (CWF Memo 2018-002)
• Change Order Requirements (CWF Memo 2023-001) - Updated 4/18/2023
• Storm Resiliency (CWF Memo 2017-001)
• Fiscal Sustainability Requirements (CWF Memo 2016-006)
       Fiscal Sustainability Plan (FSP) Certification Form (CWF Cert 001) 
• Administrative Requirements on Clean Water Fund Agreements for Construction Project Loans exceeding $40 million (CWF Memo 2016-004)
• Progress Payments on Engineering Reports (CWF Memo 2015-001)
• Infiltration and Inflow Rehabilitation Projects (CWF Memo 2014-002)
• Revised CT DEEP American Iron and Steel Provision (CWF Memo 2014-001a) 
       EPA American Iron and Steel Guidance (2014)
       EPA American Iron and Steel Training (2016)
       DeMinimis Tracking Forms for AIS - Ongoing Tracking Form and Final Report Form
• Project Labor Agreement (CWF Memo 2013-003)   

Municipal Wastewater

Content last updated November 21, 2023