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State Fiscal Year 2027 Budget
Each year, the Clean Water Board builds a Clean Water Budget recommendation intended to achieve the greatest water quality gain for the investment. The Board will meet throughout the fall to obtain feedback and approve the State Fiscal Year 2027 Clean Water Budget recommendation
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.
For more information contact
ANR.CleanWaterVT@vermont.gov
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:
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.
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.
Clean Water Board Meetings
Subscribe to the Clean Water Stakeholder Listserv
or visit the
DEC Calendar
to be notified of upcoming Clean Water Board meetings.
View a complete list of past
Clean Water Board Meetings
, including meeting agenda, materials, and minutes.
Clean Water Board Recommended Budgets by State Fiscal Year
State Fiscal Year 2027 Clean Water Budget
(As recommended by the Board, December 17, 2025)
Changes to the State Fiscal Year 2027 Clean Water Budget Recommendation from Clean Water Board dated December 2, 2025
State Fiscal Year 2027 Clean Water Budget Policy Document
(As recommended by the Board, December 2, 2025)
State Fiscal Year 2026 Clean Water Budget
(Final, May 22, 2025)
State Fiscal Year 2026 Clean Water Budget Policy Document
(Final, December 3, 2024)
State Fiscal Year 2025 Clean Water Budget
(Final, June 6, 2024)
State Fiscal Year 2024 Clean Water Budget
(Final, June 21, 2023)
State Fiscal Year 2023 Clean Water Budget
(Updated based on Governor Recommended Adjustment, Final, February 2, 2022)
State Fiscal Year 2022 Clean Water Budget
(Updated based on Governor Recommended Adjustment, Final, February 2, 2022)
State Fiscal Year 2021 Clean Water Budget
(restated to address COVID-19 impact on revenue, Final, September 30, 2020)
State Fiscal Year 2020 Clean Water Budget
(Supplemental Budget Adjustment to address COVID-19 impact on revenue, Final, June 15, 2020)
State Fiscal Year 2019 Clean Water Budget
(Final, June 13, 2018)
State Fiscal Year 2018 Clean Water Fund Budget
(Final, August 31, 2017)
State Fiscal Year 2017 Clean Water Fund Budget
(Final, April 11, 2016)