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.
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
Priority Lists
A public hearing will be held for the Draft FY 2020 - 2021 Clean Water Fund Priority List on March 30, 2021 at 10:00am via Zoom. Please review the documents below for further details.
Interested parties are invited to review and comment on the draft Priority List. Please submit written comments to Syed Bokhari on or before March 30, 2021. If written comments are submitted or will be submitted by the public comment deadline of March 30, 2021, there is no requirement to make an oral statement at the hearing as written comments submitted by the deadline will be considered equivalent to an oral statement provided at the hearing.
Members of the public must register for the hearing by March 23, 2021. Persons who wish to make oral comments at the hearing must submit an email to Syed Bokhari with their name, job title, employer and who they represent at the hearing. Mr. Bokhari will reply to all persons registered for the hearing by email with a Zoom meeting invitation and instructions.
- Revision to FY2019 Priority List - Removal of $4 million cap per municipality on Pump Station Projects (CWF Memo 2018-002)
- Final FY2018 - FY2019 Clean Water Fund Priority List
- FY2018 - FY2019 Priority List Hearing Examiner's Report
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise-DBE (MBE/WBE) Forms and Memos
- 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)
- 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. NEW!
Clean Water Fund Program Administrative Requirements
- 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 2018-001)
- 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) - Project Labor Agreement (CWF Memo 2013-003)
Content last updated March 9, 2021