Driving Investment in Green Infrastructure
Advancing Adoption of Nature-Based Solutions
EPIC’s Green Infrastructure (GI) initiative supports communities that have historically lacked the resources to develop and implement nature-based projects by accelerating access to financing, technical assistance, and program setup.
How We Work
With more than a decade of experience designing and supporting stormwater programs nationwide, we help governments and communities accelerate the pace and scale of green infrastructure adoption. Acting as trusted advisors, we assess local needs, build coalitions, and connect partners to financing models, incentive-based partnerships, and innovative economic strategies that make resilient, cost-effective solutions possible.
Our work bridges federal, state, regional, and local efforts. We operate with a national perspective while staying rooted in hyper-local needs—particularly for under-resourced, small, and midsized municipalities. We help states and communities access low- or no-interest loans and grants, streamline procurement, and develop innovative contracting models that ease agency burdens and expand implementation capacity.
What We’re Working On
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An overview of state strategies using planning, policy, and funding tools to advance green stormwater infrastructure.
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Explores how Pay for Success models can engage contractors and accelerate green infrastructure delivery.
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Key considerations for states developing sponsorship programs to support green infrastructure projects.
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Explores how Pay for Success can address barriers and create new opportunities for green stormwater infrastructure.
Latest Insights
About The Green Infrastructure Initiative
We work to accelerate the adoption of green infrastructure by advancing economic models that deliver resilient, cost-effective solutions, benefitting both the communities they serve and the governments that steward them.
What Drives Us
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Green infrastructure can deliver the same stormwater benefits as gray infrastructure at 30–60% lower cost, while also creating recreational spaces, improving public health, and boosting local economies.
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Green infrastructure makes up only 10% of stormwater management organizations’ expenditures and only 3% of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund’s investments.
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Growing regulatory pressures—from CSO consent decrees to Chesapeake Bay pollution limits—are driving adoption of green infrastructure innovations.
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Innovations such as clean water SRF sponsorship programs, incentive programs, and pay for success, along with technical assistance, offer opportunities to scale and speed up adoption of green infrastructure.
Why This Matters
There is an untapped landscape of opportunity, especially for small and midsize municipalities, to leverage economically sustainable stormwater infrastructure programs. Accelerating these nature-based solutions helps support more resilient environmental and public health futures for all.