The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program accelerates investment in our nation's water infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental loans for regionally and nationally significant projects. FY 2018 LETTERS OF INTEREST RECEIVED NUMBER OF LETTERS OF INTEREST RECEIVED: 62 NUMBER OF PROSPECTIVE BORROWERS: 56 TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT REQUESTED $9.1 billion NUMBER OF STATES AND TERRITORIES: 26, including Guam and the District of Columbia TYPES OF BORROWERS: • Municipal government agencies: 44 • Small communities: 5 • Public-private partnerships: 3 • Corporations: 3 • Tribes: 1 TYPES OF PROJECTS: • Drinking water: 23 • Desalination: 4 • Water recycling: 2 • Stormwater: 2 • Wastewater, including CSO/SSO project: 27 • Combination of project types: 4 FY 2018 PROJECT SELECTION INFORMATION AMOUNT OF TOTAL FY 2018 CREDIT ASSISTANCE: Approximately $5.5 billion PROJECT SELECTION CATEGORIES: • Project impact • Project readiness to proceed • Borrower creditworthiness PROJECT SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT COMING IN FALL 2018! WIFIA PROGRAM Locations of letters of interest received. rfk United States Environmental Protection Agency WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia EMAIL: wifia@EPA.gov ------- |