Environmental Protection Agency · Water & Wastewater
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
Low-interest loans for wastewater treatment, stormwater management, and water quality projects. Administered by states; cities apply through their state's revolving fund agency.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $500K – $100M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Continuous via state Intended Use Plan cycles.
- Typical prep time
- 12–24 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Clean Water Act Title VI; IIJA
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
State-administered; cities apply through state agency. Principal forgiveness available for disadvantaged communities. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.