Counties and municipalities are invaluable partners in Maryland’s efforts to grow smarter and greener. Leading by example, they are working to revitalize communities, prepare for the impacts of climate change and promote green programs and services to residents. When our local governments take action, businesses and citizens follow suit!
- Sewerage Facilities Supplemental Assistance Program
Provides financial assistance to local governmental entities in the form of grants, supplementing the Water Quality Loan funds, where affordability is a problem and to correct public health or water quality problems. - Linked Deposit Program
Provides a source of low-interest financing for certain water quality and drinking water capital projects - Biological Nutrient Removal Cost-Share Program
Provides grants to local municipalities and agencies for upgrading WWTPs with biological nitrification/denitrification facilities - Bay Restoration Fund for Sewage and Septic Nutrient Removal
- Nonpoint Source Pollution Program (319) Management and Financial Assistance
- The Oil Control Program
regulates all oil-related activities, such as aboveground and underground oil storage facilities, oil-contaminated soil treatment facilities, and oil transportation. - Sustainable Maryland
This free and voluntary program, with helps Maryland's 157 municipalities with their greening efforts to protect their natural assets and revitalize their communities - Grants Available from the MD Dept of Environment
The following are financial assistance offerred and/or facilitated by the Maryland Department of the Environment - Watershed Assistance Collaborative
Provides services and technical assistance to communities to advance Bay restoration - CoastSmart Communities Grants
Provides financial assistance to local communities for coastal hazards and sea-level rise - The Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund
Funds projects that reduce and treat polluted runoff - Program Open Space
Conserving Maryland’s landscape for public use - Rural Legacy Program
Preserving Maryland’s best remaining rural landscapes - Project Sunburst
Funding to promote the installation of renewable energy systems on public buildings in Maryland - EmPOWER Clean Energy Communities Low-to-Moderate Income Grant Program
ives the 10 largest Maryland counties and the 10 largest Maryland municipalities, based on population, eligibility to receive EECBG grants directly from U.S. Dept. of Energy to provide assistance to help local governments identify their specific energy opportunities and to estimate project savings - EmPOWER Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants
Assists Maryland counties in financing eligible non-profits, local governments, and home owner/condominium associations with grant funding for energy efficiency projects that benefit low-to-moderate income households - The Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program
Provides loans to eligible Maryland non-profit organizations (including hospitals and private schools), local governments (including public school systems and community colleges), and businesses to identify and install energy conservation improvements - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (EVIP)
Offers grant aid in the development of a cleaner and more efficient transportation system in Maryland - Commercial Clean Energy Grant Program
Provides grants to businesses, non-profits, and government entities who install solar photovoltaic, solar water heating, geothermal heat pump and wind turbine systems at their place of business - Going Green Downtown Guide
Helping businesses succeed in greening Maryland’s Main Streets
- AgPrint
Tracking farmland preservation efforts in Maryland - GrowthPrint
Targeting future growth - GreenPrint
Targeting Land Preservation through ecological and human services - Critical Area Commission
Targeting Land Preservation through ecological and human services
- BayStat
Assessing, coordinating, tracking and targeting Maryland’s Bay restoration progress - StreamHealth
Providing citizens with information on local waterways - Eyes on the Bay
Providing real-time water monitoring data for the Chesapeake and its tributaries
- RideShare
Lowering commuting costs, reducing congestion, and improving air quality - Transit Oriented Development
Creating compact, walkable neighborhoods around transit stations - Commuter Choice Maryland
Offering incentives for employees who choose transit or vanpools
