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WIFIA Information
The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (WIFIA) established the WIFIA program, a federal credit program administered by EPA for eligible water and wastewater infrastructure projects. WIFIA and the WIFIA implementation rule outline the eligibility and other requirements for prospective borrowers.
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In the News
2020
- Treatment Plant Rebuild Saves $160 Million with EPA Loan (Sunnyvale, California)
- Stockton Awarded $108 Million WIFIA Loan for the U.S. EPA (Stockton, California)
- Soquel Creek Water District Receives $88.9 Million Low-Interest Loan from US EPA for Pure Water Soquel Construction (Soquel Creek Water District, California)
- HRSD Invited to Apply for Low-Cost EPA Loan to Finance SWIFT, Ultimately Saving Ratepayers $243 Million (Hampton Roads Sanitary District, Virginia)
- City of Tacoma Awarded Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Loan (Tacoma, Washington)
- City Awarded $69 Million WIFIA Loan from EPA for Pure Water Project (Oceanside, California)
- Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department Receives Third WIFIA Loan from Environmental Protection Agency (Miami, Florida)
- Miami-Dade County and EPA Sign $326 Million Loan Agreement to Fund New Electrical Buildings at Wastewater Treatment Plants (Miami, Florida)
- IEUA Receives $196 Million Loan from U.S. EPA for Wastewater Infrastructure Project (Inland Empire Utilities Agency, California)
- City Successfully Closes WIFIA Financing Agreement to Fund New Water Plant (Wichita, Kansas)
- City of Morro Bay Secures Millions of Dollars in Federal Funding for Largest City Infrastructure Program (Morro Bay, California)
- CVWD announces $59 Million Loan to Improve Stormwater Protection (Coachella Valley Water District, California)
2019
- City Finalizes WIFIA Loan for New Water Treatment Plant (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
- Gov. Holcolmb Announces $36 million EPA Loan to Support Water Infrastructure (Indiana Finance Authority, Indiana)
- Narragansett Bay Commission Receives Federal Loan for Clean Water Project (Narragansett Bay Commission, Rhode Island)
- Hillsboro Ratepayers Will Save $125 Million Over 35 Years from Low-Interest Loan (Hillsboro, Oregon)
- Tualatin Valley Water District Customers Save with Federal WIFIA Loan (Tualatin Valley Water District, Oregon)
- Silicon Valley Clean Water $495M Infrastructure Project Milestone Celebrated with Firsthand Look at Tunnel Boring Machine Before It Begins Two Years of Work Underground (Silicon Valley Clean Water, California)
- Miami-Dade County and EPA to sign $100 million loan agreement to fund new injection wells at wastewater treatment plants (Miami-Dade County, Florida)
- EPA Provides $202 Million Loan for Baltimore’s Wastewater Infrastructure (Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Maryland)
2018
- EPA Awards $614 Million Loan to Bolster San Diego’s Innovative Pure Water Project (San Diego, California)
- OCWD Receives $135 Million Loan for GWRS Final Expansion (Orange County Water District, California)
- Duwamish River Water Quality Project Earns Major Federal Funding (King County, Washington)