Reference Guide Index

Search the Reference Guide index for Clean Water Fund Program (CWFP) and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) topics and guidance.

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A

accounting

administrative codes

american iron and steel (AIS)

• AIS compliance cheat sheet
• AIS requirement training [VIDEO Length 1:27:55] 05/15/2018
• May 2018 AIS handout

annual reports to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

• clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF)
• drinking water state revolving fund (DWSRF)

application process and contents:

• CWFP application process and contents for wastewater projects (PUB-CF-044)
• CWFP application process and contents for storm water projects (PUB-CF-052)
• SDWLP application process and contents (PUB-CF-045)

audited financial statements:

• environmental improvement fund (EIF) audited financial statements November 1, 2024

B

build america, buy america (BABA)

bids and construction contracts

• procurement guide for local governments receiving grants (state or federal) from DNR

bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) funding

• BIL signage requirement

C

change orders

clean water fund program (CWFP) overview (PUB-CF-039)

construction management

construction management engineers (CMEs)

cost and effectiveness certification

D

data sources (median household income (MHI), population size, family poverty percentage, lowest quintile household income, county unemployment rate, and population trend)

davis-bacon and related acts (PUB-CF-074)

• wage determinations

deadlines:

• CWFP deadlines for SFY 2026 projects (PUB-CF-046b)
• SDWLP deadlines for SFY 2026 projects (PUB-CF-047b)
• CWFP deadlines during SFY 2025 (PUB-CF-046a)
• SDWLP deadlines during SFY 2025 (PUB-CF-047a)
• Environmental Loans deadlines in 2025–2027 (PUB-CF-048b)

definitions:

• CWFP § NR 162.003, Wis. Adm. Code
• SDWLP § NR 166.03, Wis. Adm. Code

disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE)

• unified certification program (UCP) list of DBEs

disbursements

• 2025 Disbursement Schedule with 12-Month Calendar (PUB-CF-061a)

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E

easement rights

eligibility index:

• CWFP
• SDWLP

emerging contaminants (i.e. PFAS)

• clean water emerging contaminants (CW-EC) program
• safe drinking water emerging contaminants (SDW-EC) program

environmental loans (EL) overview (PUB-CF-035)

environmental review (ER)

• SDWLP ER guide (PUB-CF-060)
• ER public notices (SDWLP ERs available for public input)

equipment replacement fund (ERF)

F

federal equivalency

financial assistance agreement (FAA)

financial assistance summary

financial management

fiscal sustainability plan (FSP)

force account

forms

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funding lists

funding sources and technical assistance for water and wastewater projects

G

green project reserve (GPR) guidance for determining project eligibility

H

The Hardship Financial Assistance Program ceased after the State Fiscal Year 2018 funding cycle. The elimination of this program is in concert with increased interest rate subsidy to help financially disadvantaged municipalities.

I

intended use plans (IUPs)

intent to apply (ITA)

interest rates

• interest rates for CWFP and SDWLP (PUB-CF-036)

interim debt

intermunicipal agreements:

• CWFP
• SDWLP

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L

land ownership

lead service line (LSL) replacements

• LSL replacement program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
• private LSL replacement program, funded by the Water Infrastructure Fund Transfer Act (WIFTA)
• EPA guidance for developing and maintaining a service line inventory

loan closing

loan repayment

loan terms

M

map of counties each CME serves

map of loan recipients

market rate

N

newsletters

O

online systems

operation and maintenance (O&M) manual, CWFP

P

parallel cost percentage

pilot projects program overview (PUB-CF-040)

principal forgiveness (PF)

• priority principal forgiveness (Priority PF), CWFP

priority evaluation and ranking formula (PERF)

• SDWLP PERF scoring trends for SFYs 2017-2019 (PUB-CF-064)

project closeout

project managers

project priority lists (PPLs)

Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC)

publications

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R

reimbursement resolution

repayment of loan

requests for disbursement

rights-of-way

S

safe drinking water loan program (SDWLP) overview (PUB-CF-038)

sewer use ordinance (SUO)

small loans program (SLP) Note: Applications now closed. More information is available on the SLP web page.

staff directory

statutes

storm water projects

Street Reconstruction Cost Policy

• response to comments on draft policy

T

terms

timelines

• timeline for CWFP loans with principal forgiveness
• timeline for SDWLP loans with principal forgiveness

two-thirds rule

U

unsewered projects

user charge system (UCS)

W

webinar guidance for the best viewing experience

WebReports, DOA EIF

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