Planning Resources

Clean Water State Revolving Fund loans are only offered to public entities for projects that enhance and protect water quality. Each loan has specific requirements that must be met. Listed below are resources to assist public agencies in their efforts to plan or construct projects that improve or protect Oregon’s water quality.

Planning

Planning loans are offered to plan a wastewater or stormwater facility, nonpoint source control project, estuary management project, or any other eligible CWSRF project intended to remediate an existing or anticipated water pollution problem.

Planning means monitoring, data collection and measurement, evaluation, analysis, security evaluations, report preparation, environmental review, public education and review process and any other activity leading to a written plan for any facility or project as described previously. It does not include the preparation of detailed bid documents for construction.

Stormwater management

Guide 1: Municipal Stormwater Planning
Guide 2: Stormwater Management Code Updates
Guide 3: Stormwater Management Standards
Guide 4: Site Planning to Manage Post Construction Stormwater

Environmental review and federal cross cutters

Listed below are the various documents that provide guidance and regulations regarding DEQ's environmental review requirements for CWSRF funded projects.

Applicants applying to the program for funding need to work with the program's Regional Project Officers to determine which environmental review track is appropriate for their project and which documents and requirements need to be completed for the applicant's proposed project.

Contact

For general program information or region specific information, see the contacts on our program home page.