The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) finances projects to protect, maintain and improve water quality in accordance with the Clean Water Act.  In the case of a modern municipal solid waste landfill that is designed and operated in accordance with state and federal regulations, the facility is intended to provide a waste disposal site while protecting water quality.

CWSRF financing for municipally-owned landfill projects is available for project costs that are related to the protection of water quality.  The CWSRF may finance the cost of municipal landfill construction, the closure of municipal solid waste and inactive hazardous waste landfills.

Eligible components of a landfill construction or closure project include:

• Double-composite landfill liner system; 
• Passive and active gas collection and control systems prior to the treatment or storage of the gas as a fuel or conversion to energy; 
• Leachate management, collection or removal systems including use of innovative gas control technologies; 
• Connection to municipal sewer system; 
• Stormwater runoff control and management facilities; 
• Landfill closure or capping system;  
• Landfill reclamation and/or reduction in place of landfill capping; 
• Side slope seepage prevention and control system; 
• Environmental monitoring wells and equipment;  
• Security fencing for the purpose of protecting water quality protection features; 
• Barge shelters, containment booms, litter fences and other means to prevent municipal solid waste from blowing off the landfill site and polluting surface waters; and 
• Intermediate cover prior to final closure.

 Landfill costs not directly related to water quality protection are generally ineligible for CWSRF financing. Examples of ineligible costs may include:

• Relocation of utilities; 
• Maintenance buildings and equipment; 
• Equipment for the conversion of methane gas to a fuel for energy production including pretreatment and storage equipment; 
• On-site conversion or use of gas for lighting, heat, use as a vehicle fuel or other purposes; 
• Decorative site fencing and landscaping; 
• Daily cover during operation; 
• Post-closure monitoring and maintenance; and 
• Ancillary facilities (such as parks) on top of or adjacent to the landfill site.

CWSRF eligibility determinations for landfill costs will be made within the guidelines of the CWSRF. Those determinations may not be the same as the eligibility requirements of other loan and/or grant programs. Municipal solid waste landfills may be designated as point source or nonpoint source projects for the purpose of the CWSRF.