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Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)

Florida Keys Imperiled Water Supply Rehabilitation

 
Borrower: Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
Location: Key West, Florida
Invited WIFIA Loan Amount: $45 million
Population Served by Project: 155,000

Project Type: Desalination

Project Description

The Florida Keys Imperiled Water Supply Rehabilitation project will include replacement of the existing, failing seawater Reverse Osmosis Facility, approximately 12 miles of aging, failure-prone piping throughout the system, and an obsolete, undersized and underperforming water distribution pump station. The purpose of the project is to prevent an increasing number of emergency transmission main failures, replace aging infrastructure, and provide a redundant water supply source.

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Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)