Solid Waste Loan Program
Program Information, Loan Documents, and Application Portal
INFORMATION
The Ohio Water Development Authority created the Solid Waste Loan Program in 1990 pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 6123 for the purposes of providing financial assistance for the acquisition, and construction of solid waste facilities (as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 6123.01) such as materials recovery facilities, compost facilities, transfer stations, landfills, and incinerators.
For more details, see the program guidelines Solid Waste Loan Program. Please note projects must be constructed using prevailing wage.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
The OWDA Board meets the last Thursday of each month, except for November (no meeting) and December (meeting is mid-month). OWDA loan applications are due the 1st of the month (except for November and December) that the loan will be approved. For construction applications, the project must be bid prior to applying for the loan.
If you are requesting additional funds to be added to an existing OWDA loan, do not submit your request through the loan portal. Please contact Kim Killian, as a full application is not required for a supplemental loan request.
For questions regarding the Solid Waste Loan Program, please contact:
Kim Killian, Loan Officer
480 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-0228
The following loan application documents must be completed prior to requesting a link to the loan application portal. Click on documents in blue to download.
- Solid Waste Loan application
- Projection of revenue (Page 7 of application)
- Rate ordinance (current rates)
- Current year operating budget
- Fund reports that show revenue, expenses, and debt service reserve
- Construction bid tabs (required for construction loan requests)
- Engineering agreement (required for planning/design loans; only required for construction loans if engineering costs are included in the construction loan)
The following loan application documents are required to complete the loan process; however they may be provided to OWDA at a later date if they are not available by the application deadline. Click on documents in blue to download.
The following loan application documents can be uploaded in the loan portal or emailed to the loan officer after the loan application has been submitted. Click on documents in blue to download.
Submit your loan application through the portal. The loan application portal is a quick and convenient way to submit your loan application. By requesting a link to the loan portal, you can easily upload PDFs of your application documents directly to OWDA. Document uploads should be formatted as PDF documents only. Please do not upload Excel files.
One application per link. If you have more than one application, please request more than one link.
Review the loan application documents listed above as these documents must be completed prior to requesting a link to the loan application portal. Click on the following link to begin the loan application portal process.
https://webforms.owda.org/forms/loanprequalification
The person identified as the contact person in the application portal should be the person responsible for the preparation and submission of the application. The contact person will receive an application portal link by email and will also be the person called if there are questions on the information provided in the application. For example, the contact person could be an RCAP representative, consultant, or the person at the local government that prepared the application and can answer questions, not necessarily the person authorized to enter into contract with OWDA for the loan.