A stormwater incentive program is a tool for communities to encourage developers, homeowners, businesses, etc. to incorporate stormwater best practices into new developments or redevelopments in order to meet runoff or pollutant reduction goals.
Environmental incentives, or Pay-for-Performance, is an economic incentive program that links payment to measurable outcomes. Environmental incentives focus on project effectiveness not the lowest-cost.
The Missouri Clean Water State Revolving Fund provides communities a permanent, independent source of low-cost financing for a wide range of water quality infrastructure projects.
The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act’s purpose is to accelerate investment in our nations water and wastewater infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental credit assistance under customized terms to creditworthy water and wastewater projects of national and regional significance.
Through the National Fish Passage Program, the USFWS provides financial and technical assistance to reconnect aquatic habitats through the removal of barriers.
A Public-Private Partnership allows businesses to fund public projects that help them meet their social or environmental goals to ensure a future that is financially sustainable.
Credits are given to property owners who reduce their property’s stormwater runoff. Some programs allow credits to be sold or traded to other property owners.
