RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Financial Assistance and Environmental Compliance
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 222
OP 244
DO 10.3368/le.061121-0060R1
VO 99
IS 2
A1 Anica, Sharaban T.
A1 Elbakidze, Levan
YR 2023
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/99/2/222.abstract
AB Using data from the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System compliance and the Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF) for wastewater treatment plants in nine states between 2010 and 2018, we examine (1) the effect of noncompliance on the distribution and size of awarded CWSRF loans, and (2) the effects of the CWSRF provision and award size on postfunding compliance. We observe that funded facilities have poorer compliance records than the unfunded ones and that funded facilities decrease violations within two years after receiving financial support. On average, a $50 million CWSRF loan decreases violations by one count within two postfunding years.