The question of how to pay for and sustain pollution prevention and ecosystem protection is a central concern for the EPA. The Agency's Environmental Finance Program seeks to lower costs, increase investment, and build capacity by creating partnerships with state and local governments and the private sector to fund environmental needs. Drawing on the expertise of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board, The Environmental Financing Information Network and the university-based Environmental Finance Centers, the Environmental Finance Program provides financial technical assistance, guidance, news and advice to enable practitioners in the public and private sector find the appropriate methods to fund and sustain environmental protection efforts.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• Guidebook of Financial Tools: Paying for Sustainable Environmental Systems
  This page provides information about this guidebook.
• Clean Water Financing
  Access information about the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), and other wastewater management related funding.
• Financing for Environmental Compliance
  The step-by-step financial planning process outlined on this Web site can help communities determine capital asset technical and financial needs and find available resources to meet compliance goals.

Cost Sharing

Economic Revitalization

Environmental Accounting
Full Cost Accounting

Grants
Brownfield Grants, Cleanup Grants, Environmental Education Grants, Environmental Justice Grants, Performance Partnership Grants, Pollution Prevention Grants, Program Grants, Restoration Grants, Set Aside Grants

Performance Contracting

Regulatory Impact Analysis