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Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Joseph Martens, Chairman Matthew J. Driscoll, President
The New York State
Environmental Facilities Corporation
Funding for Stormwater Management Southern Tier Stormwater Symposium
Radisson Hotel, Corning NY
October 24, 2012
Fishable
Swimmable
Drinkable
Clean Water Act
Source: Google Maps
Source: Google Maps
Source: Google Maps
Source: NYS DEC
Source: Blue Neils
Wellness Center
Sugarloaf, PA Heinz 57 Center
Pittsburgh
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
Source: Philadelphia Water Department
Combined Sewer Overflows
Grey Approaches
Green Approaches
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New York’s Water Infrastructure
Backbone of our Communities
Retains Business and Industry
Foundation of Economic
Development
Protects Water Resources
Provides Better Place to Live
and Play
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The Environmental Facilities Corporation
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Provides financial assistance for wastewater and water quality infrastructure
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Provides financial assistance for drinking water infrastructure
Providing Low-cost Financing and Technical Assistance to Municipalities, Businesses, and
NY State Agencies for Environmental Projects
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How SRF Programs Work
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SRF Funding
Clean Water Drinking Water
Leveraged rate financing with 50%
subsidy for up to 30 years
Leveraged rate financing with 33%
subsidy for up to 20 years
Hardship financing as low as 0% interest
for up to 30 years
Grants up to $2 million for hardship
projects + financing as low as 0%
interest for up to 30 years
Subsidy financing determined on priority scoring system, based on water quality
and public health
Short-term financing for 3 years at 0% interest
Market Rate Programs (AAA tax free rate)
Fund components of project that are “green”
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CWSRF Scoring (Categories A – E)
Priority Ranking Criteria Existing Source Criterion
Water Quality Improvement Classification Points Factor
Impairment Factor
Potential Improvement Factor
Consistency With the Goals of Management Plans
Intergovernmental Needs Enforcement or Open Space Plan
Construction Start
Financial Need (Municipal Projects Only)
Economic Need
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ARRA FFY 09
• 2009 EPA PISCES Award
• $44.3 Million - 49 “Shovel-Ready” Water Quality Projects
GIGP 2 FFY 2010 funding
• $15 million for 33 green projects funded
Joined the Governor’s Consolidated Funding Application (CFA)
Available through http://nyworks.ny.gov/
GIGP 3 FFY 2011 funding
• 2012 US EPA Environmental Quality Award
• $20 Million - 24 Green Infrastructure projects
GIGP 4 FFY 2012 funding
• $13 Million for Green Infrastructure projects
• Announcement Fall 2012
Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP)
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GIGP: Eligible Applicants
Municipality
School district*
Soil and water conservation district*
Any corporation which is organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New York which is empowered to develop a project
Not-for-profit
Partnership
Association
* Only eligible for GIGP Grants under existing State laws.
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What is EFC looking for?
Green Infrastructure: • Maintain, Restore, or Mimic Natural Systems to
Infiltrate, Evaporate or Recycle Stormwater
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Protect and improve water quality
Spur innovation
Build green capacity - locally and beyond
Facilitate the transfer of new technologies
and practices to other areas of the State
Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP)
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GIGP Selection Criteria
44% Water Quality
Includes water quality metrics
36% Additional Benefits
Leverage resources
Spur innovation
Outreach and education
Plans for operation and maintenance
Community revitalization
Workforce development
20% Regional Economic Development Council
Endorsement
Porous Pavement
Porous Pavement Lindenhurst Library - Suffolk County
Source: Newsday
Images: Lindenhurst Library
Porous Pavement Lindenhurst Library - Suffolk County
• 157,000 Gallons / yr
• 728 Green Job hours
• Increased Community
Aesthetics
• Education and
outreach
• Hydrologic Performance
• Water Quality Performance
• Urban Heat Island Mitigation
• Maintenance Effects
• Parking Behavior
• Infiltrating Water Parameters
Edison Environmental Center
Edison, NJ
Image: US EPA
Measuring Water Quality…
Edison Environmental Center
Edison, NJ
Water Quality
Metrics
Source: Michelle C Adams “Porous Asphalt Pavement With Recharge Beds 20 Years
and Still Working” Stormwater Magazine May – June 2003
Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse
War Memorial Rainwater Reuse System Project Onondaga County
Capture Area: 44,000 Square Feet
Annual Capture: 400,000 Gallons/PY
Construction Cost: $1,600,000 (est.) Images: Onondaga County
Village Hall Stormwater Retrofit Greenwood Lake, NY
Images: Lehman and Getz Engineering
Village Hall Stormwater Retrofit Greenwood Lake, NY
Images: Lehman and Getz Engineering
Village Hall Stormwater Retrofit Greenwood Lake, NY
Images: Lehman and Getz Engineering
Images: Lehman and Getz Engineering
Village Hall Stormwater Retrofit Greenwood Lake, NY
Village Hall Stormwater Retrofit Greenwood Lake, NY
Image: Lehman and Getz Engineering
• 30% Impervious Surface
Reduction
• 2,180 Green Job hours
• Increased Community
Aesthetics
• Education and Outreach
Bioretention
Bioretention Copake, NY
Downspout Disconnection
Green Roofs Chemung County, NY
Image: James Gensel Fagan Engineers
• 1,720 cu ft or 12,866
Gallons - Estimated
264,917 Gallons / yr
• 3,351 Green Job
Hours
• Education and
Outreach
• Urban Heat Island
Reduction
City of Yonkers
• Centerpiece of $18.5
Million Redevelopment
• Restores Habitat -4,000
sq ft Tidal Wetlands
• Increased Community
Aesthetics
• Provides Recreational
opportunities
Daylighting the Sawmill River at Larkin Plaza
Stormwater Street Trees or Urban Forestry Programs
Images: City of Rome
Images: City of Rome
North James Street, Rome, NY
Images: City of Rome
Stormwater Street Trees and Urban Forestry Program
Stormwater Trees Pits Utica, NY
Image: City of Utica
Green Streets US EPA Municipal Handbook Series - Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure: Green Streets
Source: Deep Root Partners, LP
Wetland Restoration in the NY
Susquehanna River Basin
Tioga, Schuyler, Cortland, Tompkins, and
Steuben Counties, NY Image: Melissa Yearick Tioga County SWCD
Wetland Restoration in the NY
Susquehanna River Basin
Tioga, Schuyler, Cortland, Tompkins, and
Steuben Counties, NY Image: Melissa Yearick Tioga County SWCD
Onondaga County Green Streets Philadelphia Green Streets
Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance...
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Useful Life Requirement
Useful Life
(yrs)
Practice
15 Permeable Pavement
10 Rain Barrels / Cisterns
25 Green Roofs
25 Bioretention / bioinfiltration
10 Stormwater Street Trees
30 Stream daylighting / restoration
30 Wetland Restoration and Constructed Wetlands
40 New WWTP
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Feasibility Study
Conceptual Site Plan
Project Location Map
Site Photographs
Apply through the Consolidated Funding
Application (CFA): http://nyworks.ny.gov/
Requirements
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All contracts must comply with MWBE
EEO requirements and the prevailing
wage requirements under Article 8 of the
NYS Labor Law.
Point Source Projects must comply with
the provisions of Davis Bacon
Recipient must submit executed copies
of contracts.
Requirements
Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor Joseph Martens, Chairman Matthew J. Driscoll, President
www.efc.ny.gov
Financing for a Sustainable Future
Suzanna Randall, AICP Green Infrastructure Coordinator
NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207
518-402-7461 or 1.800.200.2200 (within NYS)