Water Finance Forum - New Hampshire

Water as a Resource: Financing Opportunities and Challenges for Municipal Stormwater Management

Presentations and materials from the Stormwater Finance Forum held in Durham, NH at the University of New Hampshire, on November 15-16, 2016.

The forum was hosted by New England Environmental Finance Center and sponsored by EPA's Water Finance Center.

• Water Finance Forum Agenda (pdf) (1.34 MB)
• Water as a Resource – Opportunities and Challenges (pdf) (5.37 MB)
  (Paul Niedzwiecki, Executive Director, Cape Cod Commission, pniedzwiecki@capecodcommission.org & Scott Horsley, Principal, Horsley Witten Group, shorsley@horsleywitten.com)

Understanding Your Costs

• Stormwater Program Costs: Balancing Level of Service, Costs, Resource Sharing, and Benefits (pdf) (6.35 MB)
  (Rich Claytor, President, Horsley Witten Group, rclaytor@horsleywitten.com)
• South Burlington, Vermont Stormwater Utility (pdf) (2.66 MB)
  (David Wheeler, Assistant Stormwater Superintendent, City of South Burlington, dwheeler@sburl.com)

Technical Assistance and Tools

• Stormwater Management in Dover, New Hampshire (pdf) (3.54 MB)
  (Bill Boulanger, Utilities Superintendent, Dover, NH, b.boulanger@dover.nh.gov)
• Harnessing Technical Assistance and Tools to Access and Plan for Stormwater Funding (pdf) (1.3 MB)
  (Brent McCloskey, Research Associate, University of Maryland EFC, brentmc@umd.edu)
• The Logical Argument for Stormwater Funding (pdf) (987.41 KB)
  (Rich Niles, Water Resources Project Manager, Amec Foster Wheeler, rich.niles@amecfw.com)
• Evolving Research for Stormwater Management (pdf) (1.3 MB)
  (James Houle, Program Director, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, james.houle@unh.edu)

State Sources of Funding

• SRF, 319, Stormwater, and You (pdf) (397.32 KB)
  (Erik Beck, Environmental Protection Specialist, EPA Region 1, beck.erik@epa.gov)
• NHDES Watershed Assistance Section and Watershed Assistance Grants Section 319 and 604(b) (pdf) (1.81 MB)
  (Steve Landry, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, stephen.landry@des.nh.gov)
• NH Stormwater Clean Water State Revolving Fund (pdf) (1.53 MB)
  (Barbara McMillan, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, barbara.mcmillan@des.nh.gov)
• Stormwater State Sources of Funding: Maine (pdf) (3.26 MB)
  (John True, CWSRF Program Manager, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, john.n.true@maine.gov)

Rethinking Public Funding Approaches

• Innovative Funding Strategies (pdf) (1.88 MB)
  (David Hyder, Principal, Hawksley Consulting, david.hyder@hawksley.com)
• The Stormwater Challenge (pdf) (3.7 MB)
  (Chris French, Director, Stormwater Programs, Water Environment Federation, cfrench@wef.org)

Integrating Public-Private Investment

• Using P3s in the Stormwater Sector (pdf) (880.21 KB)
  (Chris French, Director, Stormwater Programs, Water Environment Federation, cfrench@wef.org)
• Long Creek Watershed Management District Clean Water Public-Private Partnership (pdf) (2.29 MB)
  (Tamara Lee Pinard, Community Initiatives Manager, The Nature Conservancy, tamara.pinard@tnc.org)
• Shared Costs of Implementation by the Power of Redevelopment Zoning (pdf) (2.21 MB)
  (Rob Roseen, Principal Owner, Waterstone Engineering, rroseen@waterstone-eng.com)

Keynote Address and Workshop

• Keynote Address (pdf) (2.5 MB)
  (James Houle, Program Director, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, james.houle@unh.edu)
• Workshop: Setting a Financially Healthy Stormwater Fee (pdf) (1.09 MB)
  (Jim Riordan, Principal Scientist, ESS Group, jriordan@essgroup.com)