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Water Quality Improvement Loans
CWSRF Project Ranking Criteria
CWSRF loan applications are ranked based on the programs criteria below, established by Oregon Administrative Rule 340-054-0025.
| Category 1: Proposed Project's anticipated benefit for water quality or public health | ||
| 1A | --(0 or 8 points)-- | Project addresses water quality or public health issue within a "special status" water body |
| 1B | --(0-6 points)-- | Project addresses noncompliance with water quality standards, a public health issue or effluent limits related to surface waters |
| 1C | --(0-6 points)-- | Project addresses noncompliance with water quality standards or a public health issue related to groundwater |
| 1D | --(0-12 points)-- | Project ensures that a source already in compliance maintains that compliance. |
| 1E | --(0-8 points)-- | Project improves or sustains aquatic habitat supporting state or federally threatened or endangered species |
| 1F | --(0-12 points)-- | Project incorporates wastewater reuse or a water quality-related conservation process |
| 1G | --(0-7 points)-- | Project improves water quality by mitigating any of the following pollutants: temperature, dissolved oxygen, contaminated sediments, toxics on the EPA Priority Pollutants List, bacteria or nutrients |
| 1H | --(0-5 points)-- | Project supports the implementation of a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) allocation or action plan for a Ground Water Management Area |
| 1I | --(0-6 points)-- | Project addresses a water quality or public health issue involving "Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics" (PBT's) |
| Category 2: Potential water quality or public health consequences of not funding the proposed project | ||
| 2A | --(0-5 points)-- | If the proposed project is not implemented, water quality standards are likely to be exceeded or existing exceedances are likely to worsen |
| 2B | --(0-5 points)-- | If the proposed project is not implemented, the resulting impact is likely to cause a public health problem |
| 2C | --(0-5 points)-- | A unique opportunity to implement the proposed project currently exists due to timing, finances or other limitations that would not allow this project to be implemented in the future |
| Category 3: Other considerations | ||
| 3A | --(0-3 points)-- | Project has significant educational or outreach component |
| 3B | --(0-3 points)-- | Project demonstrates innovative technology which is transferable |
| 3C | --(0-3 points)-- | Project is a partnership with other group(s), incorporating self-help, financial or in-kind support |
| 3D | --(0-5 points)-- | Project incorporates monitoring, reporting or adaptive management |
| 3E | --(0 or 1 point)-- | Project addresses or includes risk management, safety or security measures |
| 3F | --(0-minus 5 points)-- | Applicant's past performance with previous Department loans or grants such as, but not limited to, failure to satisfy match requirements of a grant, failure to complete the project or failure to submit any other required deliverable in a timely manner. |
For more information about DEQ's Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program see the Program Overview Page page.
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