Episode 5: Michael Deane on Why Forests Are Water Infrastructure
Michael Deane
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Michael, the chief of the US EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund, talks with John about wildfires and watersheds, why we need to think about forests as water infrastructure and how to address agricultural pollution at a river basin scale.
Show Notes
Michael Deane’s LinkedIn page
Water Finance & Management’s coverage of Michael’s return to EPA to lead its Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
More on the CWSRF, which Michael describes as “the EPA’s largest water quality financing program”
An infographic on how the CWSRF works
An overview of the Construction Grants program of the original Clean Water Act
A December 2021 EPA report: “CWSRF Best Practices Guide for Financing Nonpoint Source Solutions”
Here’s a summary of this report from Water Online
The Schultz Fire in Arizona
EPA Forest Resilience Bond report: Structural Design and Contribution to Water Management in Collaborative Forest Restoration Partnerships
More on the Iowa pilot Michael mentions here: The Soil and Water Outcomes Fund
The EPA’s fact sheet on “Funding Agricultural Best Management Practices with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund”
Transcript
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