Financial Assistance
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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
The previous Private Lead Service Line Replacement Program, funded by the Water Infrastructure Fund Transfer Act (WIFTA), provided funding to municipalities to assist in their efforts of replacing lead service lines (LSLs) under the control of…
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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 $8 billion in financial assistance to municipalities since state fiscal year (SFY) 1991 through its Environmental Improvement Fund (EIF) programs.
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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
The Clean Water Fund Program (CWFP) and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) implementation details are established in the governing statutes and administrative codes: ss. 281.58, 281.59, and 281.61, Wis. Stats., and chs. NR 162 and 166, Wis.…
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Environmental Loans Staff Directory
The Environmental Loans (EL) Section staff contact information is listed along with their areas of expertise. For information about a specific loan or project, contact your DNR loan project manager.