Green Project Reserve (GPR)

The purpose of the Green Project Reserve (GPR) is to guide funding toward projects that:

• utilize green or soft-path practices to complement and augment hard or gray infrastructure,
• adopt practices that reduce the environmental footprint of water and wastewater treatment, collection, and distribution,
• help utilities adapt to climate change,
• adopt more sustainable solutions to wet weather flows,
• provide mechanisms to reinvest savings from reductions in water loss and energy conservation, and
• promote innovative approaches to water management problems.

Projects eligible for the GPR may receive a portion of their requested funding in the form of subsidy/principal forgiveness, subject to the availability of funds. The GPR can be used for planning, design, and/or construction activities that advance one or more of the objectives articulated in the four categories (Green Infrastructure, Water Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, and Environmentally Innovative) listed in the GPR guidance document (TWDB-0161).

Entities may be eligible to receive Green project reserve funds if their project has elements that are considered green and the cost of the green portion of their project is 30 percent or greater than the total project cost. Principal forgiveness up to 15% of the total eligible green component costs is available. This subsidy applies to both Equivalency and Non-Equivalency projects.

Proposed Green components should be identified in the Project Information Form (PIF). Entities invited to submit an application for the CWSRF or DWSRF will need to provide more information regarding the green project component, The TWDB provides worksheets for both the CWSRF (TWDB-0162) and DWSRF (TWDB-0163) programs to assist in verifying the eligibility of potential GPR projects during the application review process. Proposed Green components can be Categorically Eligible or Business Case Eligible; both are fully described in the GPR Guidance document (TWDB-0161).