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.
Related to Community-based Public Private Partnerships:
- 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
Related to Environmental Impact Bonds:
- 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
Related to Stormwater credit trading:
- 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