The Prince George's County and Corvias Solutions Public-Private Partnership / Clean Water Partnership

About the Program

Category: Community and Economic Development (Best in Category)

Year: 2016

The Prince George’s County and Corvias Solutions Public-Private Partnership (P3), also called the Clean Water Partnership (CWP), is an agreement between County government and the private sector to retrofit up to 4,000 acres of impervious surfaces using green infrastructure. It’s the first-ever P3 model to address stormwater at this scale. The CWP will design, build, finance, operate, and maintain urban stormwater infrastructure in order to meet Prince George’s County’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit compliance requirements. This pioneering P3 approach will leverage private sector best practices and efficiencies to deliver functional and sustainable stormwater infrastructure with accelerated project timelines and reduced costs. The CWP is also specifically tasked with driving local economic development by using local, small and minority businesses for at least 30 – 40% percent of the total project scope. The robust community outreach and socio-economic development program provides opportunities to involve residents, schools, municipalities and faith-based organizations to achieve program goals and contribute to good environmental stewardship practices throughout the County.