Clean Water State Revolving Fund PISCES Program: George F. Ames Performance and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental Success Program
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund’s George F. Ames Performance and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental Success (PISCES) program recognizes CWSRF assistance recipients for exceptional projects and highlights them nationally. Participating state programs each nominate one project that exemplifies one or more of the following evaluation criteria:
- Environmental and Public Health Protection
- Community Engagement
- System Partnerships
- Innovative Financing
- Problem Solving
Eligible projects must have an executed CWSRF assistance agreement and can be operational or in the planning phase. EPA selects an Exceptional Project from the nominations every year for each of the five evaluation criteria categories. The remaining nominated PISCES projects receive Honorable Mention recognition.
- Table listing 2022 recognized projects
- 2021 PISCES and AQUARIUS Roundtable
- Recognized projects for previous years
Projects Recognized by the George F. Ames PISCES Program - 2022
Table of Exceptional and Honorable Mention Projects
State | Project |
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Exceptional Projects | |
Nebraska | Hastings Aquifer Storage and Restoration Project |
New Jersey | Kearny Town Redevelopment of Recreational Complex |
Ohio | STEP Collection System Dupont-Cloverdale Wastewater Plant |
Virginia | Hampton Roads Sanitation District Programmatic Loan |
West Virginia | Coalwood Sewer Project – Phase 1 |
Honorable Mention Projects | |
Alaska | City of Ketchikan Commercial Metering |
Arizona | Apache Pine Phase 1 |
Arkansas | Lost Bridge Village Water and Sewer Improvement Districts 1 and 2 |
California | East County Advanced Water Purification Project |
Delaware | Christina River Force Main Emergency Repair Project |
Indiana | City of Bluffton Wastewater System Improvement Projects |
Louisiana | Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District |
Missouri | City of Van Buren/Deer Run Reorganized Common Sewer District (Deer Run Development) |
New Hampshire | Lebanon’s CSO Elimination Program |
New Mexico | The Town of Taos Wastewater Treatment Plant Solar Project |
New York | City of Rome Water Resources Recovery Facility Upgrades |
Oklahoma | Guard the Grand, On-Site Wastewater (Septic) Repair/Replace Program |
Pennsylvania | Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority 2021 ProFi MS4 Stormwater Projects |
Rhode Island | Pine Street South Green Stormwater Improvements in TOD District |
Texas | Biosolids Reuse – Using Design-Build Alternative Delivery Method |
2021 PISCES and AQUARIUS Roundtable
On February 16, 2022, EPA hosted a virtual roundtable with state and community representatives to celebrate infrastructure projects recognized for excellence and innovation within the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) and Drinking Water SRF programs. These exemplary projects demonstrate leadership in innovative financing, partnership, and problem solving while improving water quality and public health protection.
Speakers included: EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox; Executive Director of the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities Deirdre Finn; Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, New Mexico; Town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island; Town of Marana, Arizona; Maryland American Water, Maryland; ReHarvest Partners, Iowa; Garber Farms Inc., Virginia; City of Flagstaff, Arizona; Bartlesville Municipal Authority, Oklahoma; and Nisqually Tribe in Washington State.
Note: The first few minutes of Assistant Administrator Fox’s remarks were not recorded.