Resources

Related to Market-based Options:

Stormwater Innovation
A link to Environmental Policy Innovation Center’s report that discusses the use of market-based options in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia; and contrasts pay-for-success contracting and community-based public private partnerships to recommend solutions for Montgomery County in Maryland
Not Everything is Broken
A link to RAND Corporation’s report on the future of U.S. transportation and water infrastructure funding and finance
Pay for Performance Contract Mechanisms for Stormwater Management
A link to Environmental Incentive’s report on pay for performance
Economic instruments to Support Investment in Green Stormwater Infrastructure
A link to a product of the Fall 2016 gathering of the National Network on Water Quality Trading
Innovative Finance: Bringing Private Capital to Ecosystem Restoration
A link to a list of innovative finance projects in the lower 48 states, compiled by Stanford University’s researchers.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Community-based Green Infrastructure Program
A link to Great Lakes’ first stormwater CBP3 in the Greater Milwaukee Region
Is a Community-based Public-Private Partnership Right for Your Community
A U.S. Department of Commerce Toolkit on Choosing CBP3s
Cleanwater Partnership
A link to nation’s first stormwater CBP3 in Prince George’s County that contains reports, dashboards, and progress
A New Model For Urban Renewal: Stormwater Authority of Chester’s Community-Based Public-Private Partnership
A link to nation’s second stormwater CBP3 in Chester, Pennsylvania
Prince George’s County Approach to Meeting Regulatory Stormwater Management Requirements (PDF)
A document by Clean Water Partnership that aims to meet regulatory requirements by leveraging private-sector resources and promoting operational efficiencies and innovation in design, construction, and maintenance
Community Based Public-Private Partnerships and Alternative Market-Based Tools for Integrated Green Stormwater Infrastructure
A seminal document from EPA Region 3 that discusses basics of CBP3s
Community-Based Public-Private Partnerships (CBP3) Sustainable Stormwater Infrastructure Summit
A summary of a December 2015 summit co-hosted by the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in partnership with the Water Environment Federation, Chesapeake Bay Trust, and Pennsylvania Water Environment Association

Buffalo Sewer Authority (BSA) to lead nation’s largest Environmental Impact Bond
A link to Buffalo Mayor’s announcement on the upcoming EIB
Environmental Impact Bonds: Where Are They Now?
A Blog by UNC Environmental Finance Center
Atlanta wins Environmental Impact Bond challenge for green Infrastructure
First municipality in the country to be awarded a publicly-offered Environmental Impact Bond, the city plans to construct eight green infrastructure projects at an estimated cost of $12.9 million.
Baltimore to use Environmental Impact Bonds for green infrastructure projects to fight water pollution
First municipality in the country to be awarded a publicly-offered Environmental Impact Bond, the city plans to construct eight green infrastructure projects at an estimated cost of $12.9 million.
Environmental impact bonds: Next big thing for green investments?
An article by Environmental Defense Fund
DC Water’s Environmental Impact Bond
A summary by USEPA
World’s First Environmental Impact Bond to Reduce Stormwater Runoff and Combined Sewage Overflows in Washington, D.C.
A summary by Quantified Ventures
DC Water, Goldman Sachs and Calvert Foundation pioneer environmental impact bond
A summary by DC Water

Building a market for StormStore™: Stormwater credit trading in the Little Calumet + Lower Des Plaines watersheds
A link to Metropolitan Water & Reclamation District’s recent announcement to pilot a trading framework
Department of Energy & Environment, Stormwater Retention Credit Trading Program
A link to nation’s first stormwater credit trading in Washington, D.C. that contains reports, dashboards, and progress
How to: Stormwater Credit Trading Programs
A how to guide from the Natural Resources Defense Council