Water as a Resource: Financing Opportunities and Challenges for Municipal Stormwater Management

Presentations and materials from the Stormwater Finance Forum held in Durham, NH at the University of New Hampshire, on November 15-16, 2016.

The forum was hosted by New England Environmental Finance Center and sponsored by EPA's Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center.

Understanding Your Costs

Technical Assistance and Tools

State Sources of Funding

Rethinking Public Funding Approaches

Integrating Public-Private Investment

Keynote Address and Workshop

• Water Finance Forum Agenda (PDF)(23 pp, 1 MB)
• Water as a Resource – Opportunities and Challenges (PDF)(50 pp, 6 MB)
  (Paul Niedzwiecki, Executive Director, Cape Cod Commission, pniedzwiecki@capecodcommission.org & Scott Horsley, Principal, Horsley Witten Group, shorsley@horsleywitten.com)
• Stormwater Program Costs: Balancing Level of Service, Costs, Resource Sharing, and Benefits (PDF)(36 pp, 7 MB)
  (Rich Claytor, President, Horsley Witten Group, rclaytor@horsleywitten.com)
• South Burlington, Vermont Stormwater Utility (PDF)(40 pp, 3 MB)
  (David Wheeler, Assistant Stormwater Superintendent, City of South Burlington, dwheeler@sburl.com)
• Stormwater Management in Dover, New Hampshire (PDF)(22 pp, 4 MB)
  (Bill Boulanger, Utilities Superintendent, Dover, NH, b.boulanger@dover.nh.gov)
• Harnessing Technical Assistance and Tools to Access and Plan for Stormwater Funding (PDF)(13 pp, 1 MB)
  (Brent McCloskey, Research Associate, University of Maryland EFC, brentmc@umd.edu)
• The Logical Argument for Stormwater Funding (PDF)(9 pp, 1 MB)
  (Rich Niles, Water Resources Project Manager, Amec Foster Wheeler, rich.niles@amecfw.com)
• Evolving Research for Stormwater Management (PDF)(14 pp, 1 MB)
  (James Houle, Program Director, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, james.houle@unh.edu)
• SRF, 319, Stormwater, and You (PDF)(4 pp, 407 K)
  (Erik Beck, Environmental Protection Specialist, EPA Region 1, beck.erik@epa.gov)
• NHDES Watershed Assistance Section and Watershed Assistance Grants Section 319 and 604(b) (PDF)(9 pp, 2 MB)
  (Steve Landry, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, stephen.landry@des.nh.gov)
• NH Stormwater Clean Water State Revolving Fund (PDF)(11 pp, 2 MB)
  (Barbara McMillan, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, barbara.mcmillan@des.nh.gov)
• Stormwater State Sources of Funding: Maine (PDF)(13 pp, 3 MB)
  (John True, CWSRF Program Manager, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, john.n.true@maine.gov)
• Innovative Funding Strategies (PDF)(17 pp, 2 MB)
  (David Hyder, Principal, Hawksley Consulting, david.hyder@hawksley.com)
• The Stormwater Challenge (PDF)(36 pp, 4 MB)
  (Chris French, Director, Stormwater Programs, Water Environment Federation, cfrench@wef.org)
• Using P3s in the Stormwater Sector (PDF)(22 pp, 901 K)
  (Chris French, Director, Stormwater Programs, Water Environment Federation, cfrench@wef.org)
• Long Creek Watershed Management District Clean Water Public-Private Partnership (PDF)(17 pp, 2 MB)
  (Tamara Lee Pinard, Community Initiatives Manager, The Nature Conservancy, tamara.pinard@tnc.org)
• Shared Costs of Implementation by the Power of Redevelopment Zoning (PDF)(14 pp, 2 MB)
  (Rob Roseen, Principal Owner, Waterstone Engineering, rroseen@waterstone-eng.com)
• Keynote Address (PDF)(33 pp, 3 MB)
  (James Houle, Program Director, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, james.houle@unh.edu)
• Workshop: Setting a Financially Healthy Stormwater Fee (PDF)(16 pp, 1 MB)
  (Jim Riordan, Principal Scientist, ESS Group, jriordan@essgroup.com)