Overview: State Revolving Funds

The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program is a federal-state partnership that provides communities a permanent, independent source of low-cost financing for a wide range of water quality infrastructure projects. The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program is a federal-state partnership to help ensure safe drinking water. Created by the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) the program provides financial support to water systems and to state safe water programs.

State revolving loan funds can be used to:

control nonpoint sources of pollution

implement water efficiency programs

build decentralized wastewater treatment systems

create green infrastructure projects

protect estuaries

Click here to download a copy of the Environmental Protection Agency's primer on how SRF funds can be used to pay for water efficiency programs