Vermont's waterways nurture ecosystem wellbeing, supply safe drinking water, strengthen tourism, buoy property values, and provide recreational opportunities like fishing, swimming, and boating.
For the benefit of current and future generations of Vermont’s people and wildlife, the state has made a long-term commitment to the Clean Water Initiative to provide the mechanisms, staffing, and financing necessary so that our waterways achieve and maintain compliance with the Vermont Water Quality Standards (10 V.S.A § 1387).
The Clean Water Board recommends the annual Clean Water Budget, which provides funding to help municipalities, farmers, and others implement projects that will restore, enhance, and protect Vermont’s water quality, including addressing priority sources of nutrient and sediment pollution.
Learn more about the Clean Water Initiative, Board and Budget with our StoryMap. The Clean Water Board StoryMap is a user-friendly description of the Board and Budget process. It outlines the following:
- Vermont's Water Quality Priorities and Challenges
- Vermont's Commitments to Clean Water
- Budgeting: Today's Clean Water Board
- Clean Water Solutions
- Reporting Progress
- Understanding the Budget
- How to Get Involved
For more information, contact ANR.CleanWaterVT@vermont.gov, or subscribe to the Clean Water Stakeholder Listserv to be notified of upcoming Clean Water Board meetings, Public Hearings, and opportunities to provide input on the annual State Fiscal Year Clean Water Budget.
Visit the Clean Water Board Meetings webpage for upcoming meeting details and to view past meeting materials and minutes.
Interagency Clean Water Initiative Report
Visit the Reports webpage to view annual reports on clean water funding and water quality progress. There you will find:
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Vermont Clean Water Initiative Annual Performance Reports. This annual report series, prepared by the Secretary of Administration, summarizes state investments to address priority water quality problems across Vermont.
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Other Reports. Available reports include annual federal funding reports related to water quality improvement efforts in Vermont, Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program annual reports, and others.
Clean Water Fund Contingency Reserve Guidelines
The purpose of these Guidelines is to support continuity in the Clean Water Board's decision by documenting best practices for revenue monitoring and reconciliation already employed by the Board. These Guidelines also provide transparency for Clean Water Budget stakeholders and the public on the importance of maintaining the Reserve to mitigate risk. The Guidelines will remain in effect until such time that the Clean Water Board modifies these Guidelines.