Oregon communities pursue sustainable solutions to restore and protect water quality. Oregon's Clean Water State Revolving Fund provides communities a set-aside reserve for funding green projects.
Managing for sustainability tools
Best practices for operating and managing a wastewater treatment facility can conserve energy and water, save money and attain permit requirements.
Green Project eligibility guidelines
Eligible green projects:
- Incorporate green practices
- Reduce the environmental footprint of wastewater treatment, collection and distribution
- Address climate change
- Conserve water and energy
- Implement more sustainable solutions to wet weather flows
- Advance innovative approaches to water management
Green project eligibility guidance will be used in determining a project's eligibility for scoring a CWSRF application. Wastewater utilities can take savings derived from reducing water losses and energy consumption and use them for public health and environmental enhancement projects.
Green infrastructure information
On a regional scale, green infrastructure preserves and restores forests, floodplains and wetlands by reducing impervious surfaces in the watershed. Locally, green infrastructure includes site-specific and neighborhood-specific practices such as bioretention, trees, green roofs, permeable pavements and cisterns.